Paul Clinton Harris

Paul Clinton Harris is a former Delegate of Albemarle County, Virginia, in the Virginia [House of Delegates].
He graduated from Hampton University in 1986 with a B.A. in political science. Harris served as a 1st lieutenant in military intelligence from 1986 to 1990. He graduated from George Washington University in 1995 with a J.D.

Political career

He became the first African American Republican elected to the House of Delegates since Reconstruction era of [the United States|Reconstruction] in the 1997 [Virginia House of Delegates election|1997 legislative elections]. He won re-election in 1999. In 2001, he began working for the United [States Department of Justice].
Virginia Republican party leaders floated Harris as a possible successor to Republican Party Chairman Jeff Frederick in March 2009.