20070516 Andrew Harris may challenge incumbent Wayne Gilchrest

Andrew Harris may challenge incumbent Wayne Gilchrest

“Run, Andrew, run!.”

May 16^th, 2007

Maryland has only two Republican Congressmen and apparently one of them will face a primary challenge in 2008. State senator Andrew Harris told WBAL Radio that he may challenge incumbent Wayne Gilchrest. Gilchrest has represented the Eastern Shore since 1991 but Harris says the Republican Party must return to its Reaganesque roots of the 1980s.

http://www.wcbcradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7379&Itemid=35

I would like to see Monoblogue’s analysis…

Update: I had just keyboarded in “I would like to see Monologue’s analysis…” and I had a hunch I ought to check Monoblogue’s site before I posted and sure enough: “Run, Andrew, run!.”

I heard a blurb on the radio today, and it’s probably good that I wasn’t in a lot of traffic as I was driving since it’s tough to cheer and applaud while keeping both hands on the wheel. And I was cheering and applauding!

But State Senator Andrew Harris (R-Baltimore County) is mulling a run for the Congressional seat held by Wayne Gilchrest. He was going to use this weekend’s Maryland GOP state convention (which I’ll be attending) as a gauge to see whether he has enough support.

Please go here: Run, Andrew, run!. As usual, his analysis is comprehensive, thoughtful, and informative.

It is time for a change.

Until recently, the iconoclastic Representative Wayne Gilchrest from the Maryland 1^st Congressional District has had my support, especially since I am also a very green conservative. But for reasons excellently outlined by Monoblogue, it is time for a change and I am a huge Senator Andrew Harris fan…

Senator Harris – how can we help?

Kevin: kdayhoff AT carr.org

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Senator Andrew P. Harris (R) Dist. 7

Baltimore County & Harford County

http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa02793.html

Member of Senate since January 13, 1999.

Minority Whip, 2003-06.

Member, Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee 1999- (health subcommittee, 1999-; licensing & regulatory affairs subcommittee, 2003-04; alcoholic beverages subcommittee, 2003-, chair, 2003-06); Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing, 1999-.

Member, Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2003; Executive Nominations Committee, 2003-06. Member, Taxpayers Protection Caucus, 2003-; Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2004-. Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (redistricting & elections committee).

Member, Task Force to Study Health Care Needs of Inmates in Transition from Correctional Institutions, 2000-02; Task Force to Study the Availability of Audiology and Speech-Language Services, 2003; Governor's Task Force on Medical Malpractice and Health Care Access, 2004; Statewide Commission on the Shortage in the Health Care Workforce, 2006-.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, January 25, 1957.

College of Arts and Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, B.S. (human biology), 1977; School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, M.D., 1980; School of Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, M.H.S. (health policy & management; health finance & management), 1995.

Served in Medical Corps, U.S. Naval Reserve (Lt. Commander, 1988-94; Commander, 1994-). Commanding Officer, The Johns Hopkins Naval Reserve Medical Unit, 1989-92.

Anesthesiologist. Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, and Chief of Obstetric Anesthesiology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Member, Society of Anesthesiology (obstetric anesthesia subcommittee), 1993-94; Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology, 1996-. Executive Committee, Maryland-D.C. Society of Anesthesiologists, 1997-. Medical School Council, The Johns Hopkins University,

1996-. Member, Knights of Columbus; Thornleigh Neighborhood Improvement Association (vice-president, 1984-85; president, 1985-86). Board of Directors, Sherwood Community Association, 1987-91. Vice-President, St. Joseph's School Home-School Association, 1992-94. Board of Directors, Maryland Leadership Council, 1995-98. Member, North Central Republican Club (treasurer, 1997-98; vice-president, 1998). Delegate, Republican Party National Convention, 2004. Laughlin Award for Distinguished Public Officer, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, 2001.

Married; five children.

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