Background
Harris was born in Columbia and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt University in 1987, and from Cornell University with a Juris Doctor in 1991.
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Jeff Harris
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Cornell University; Vanderbilt University. Cornell Law School.
Career
He represented the 23rd District of Missouri in the Missouri House of Representatives from 2003–2009 and ran unsuccessfully for the office of attorney general in 2008. He served as Minority Floor Leader before giving up the post in order to focus more time on the attorney general race. He was on the board of editors of the Cornell Law Review while at that school.
Following Law School, Jeff practiced in the litigation department of Bryan Cave, Limited Liability Partnership, in Kansas City, Missouri for nine years.
In 2001, Jeff took an Assistant Attorney General position with the Missouri Attorney General"s office. The Columbia Tribune observed that Harris"s leadership in the House "allowed him to be one of the chief spokesmen against the Republican majority."
In 2008 he ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for Missouri Attorney General against fellow state Representative Margaret Donnelly, and State Senator Chris Koster.
Jay Nixon, then the current Attorney General, ran for Governor and was elected. Democrat Stephen Webber replaced Harris in the Missouri House.
Harris currently serves as Policy Director for Governor Jay Nixon.
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