Katherine Harris

Katherine Harris
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Florida's 13th district
In office
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007
Preceded byDan Miller
Succeeded byVern Buchanan
23rd Secretary of State of Florida
In office
January 5, 1999 – August 2, 2002
GovernorJeb Bush
Preceded bySandra Mortham
Succeeded byJames Smith
Member of the Florida Senate
from the 24th district
In office
November 8, 1994 – November 3, 1998
Preceded byJim Boczar
Succeeded byLisa Carlton
Personal details
Born (1957-04-05) April 5, 1957 (age 67)
Key West, Florida, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Anders Ebbeson
(m. 1996; died 2013)
Richard Ware
(m. 2017)
EducationAgnes Scott College (BA)
Harvard University (MPA)

Katherine Harris (born April 5, 1957) is an American politician from Florida. A Republican, she served in the Florida Senate from 1994 to 1998, as Secretary of State of Florida from 1999 to 2002, and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 13th congressional district from 2003 to 2007. Harris lost her 2006 campaign for a United States Senate seat from Florida.

In the 2000 presidential election, she received international attention for her role as the elected Florida Secretary of State during the state's election recount, certifying George W. Bush's narrow victory (537 votes) over Al Gore and awarding him the Florida electors, which gained him the national election.