Katherine Harris: The Continuing Saga
U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris, who has made past comments that raised questions about her religious sensitivity, prayed in a telephone prayer service recently that God would "bring the hearts and minds of our Jewish brothers and sisters into alignment."
A Harris spokeswoman said Friday that the Longboat Key Republican, who has advocated electing Christian officeholders, was talking about converting Jews to vote Republican, not to Christianity.
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NAME: Katherine Harris
BORN: April 5, 1957, Key West, Fla.
AGE: 48
RESIDENCE: Longboat Key, Fla.
PARTY: Republican
EDUCATION: Master's degree from Harvard University with a specialization in international trade and negotiations; bachelor's degree in history, Agnes Scott College. Studied abroad at the University of Madrid and at L'Abri outside Geneva, Switzerland.
POLITICAL EXPERIENCE: Florida state senator, 1995-1998; Florida secretary of state, 1999-2002; U.S. Representative,
Florida 13th District, 2003-present.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: IBM marketing executive, vice president of a commercial real estate firm.
PERSONAL: Husband, Anders Ebbeson; stepdaughter, Louise.
The world came to know Katherine Harris as a key figure in the 2000 presidential election, when she presided over the Florida vote recount that ended in victory for President Bush. How has she evolved into Katherine Harris, U.S. Senate candidate? Read her House and campaign Web sites to learn about her recent history.