Shawn is from Blakely, Georgia. He attended Tuskegee University. He has a bachelor's degree from Tuskegee University and a graduate degree from the Army War College.

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Shawn Andre Harris is from Blakely, Georgia. He earned a bachelor's degree from Tuskegee University and a graduate degree from the Army War College. He lives with his wife, Karla, and their five kids in Georgia.

Shawn is a cattle producer. He served in the military for over 40 years, reaching the rank of brigadier general.

Shawn Andre Harris previously ran for U.S. Representative in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District in 2024 but did not win.

Shawn previously ran for the U.S. House of Representatives to represent Georgia’s 14th District in 2024, but did not win.

Supports investing in supply chains, cybersecurity, and innovation.

Supports funding for rural broadband access.

Advocates for funding rural infrastructure.

Supports protecting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

Supports making advanced agricultural technology available to small farmers.

Supports making advanced agricultural technology available to all.

Supports investment in Northwest Georgia to attract federal and private-sector jobs.

- Supports reducing price gouging.
- Supports investing in supply chains, cybersecurity, and innovation.
- Supports funding for rural broadband access. 
- Advocates for funding rural infrastructure.
- Supports protecting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
- Supports making advanced agricultural technology available to all.
- Supports investment in Northwest Georgia to attract federal and private-sector jobs. 

Economy

As of March 25, 2026, Shawn Andre Harris’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Public Safety

Supports abortion access and restoring Roe v Wade protections. 

Supports access to medical marijuana and wants it removed from federal drug schedules so veterans and chronic pain patients have safe options.

Supports expanding rural mental health and addiction treatment.

Supports protecting Medicaid and Medicare from budget cuts.

- Supports abortion access and restoring Roe v Wade protections. 
- Supports access to medical marijuana and wants it removed from federal drug schedules so veterans and chronic pain patients have safe options.
- Supports expanding rural mental health and addiction treatment.
- Supports protecting Medicaid and Medicare from budget cuts.

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Energy & the Environment

Supports fixing the "broken immigration system."

Wants to modernize asylum processing with "fast, fair decisions—not endless catch-and-release or political stunts at the border."

Wants to expand port screening and Narcan access to address the fentanyl crisis.

Wants to expand port screening and Narcan access.

- Supports fixing the "broken immigration system."
- Wants to modernize asylum processing with "fast, fair decisions—not endless catch-and-release or political stunts at the border."
- Wants to expand port screening and Narcan access.

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Shawn Andre Harris

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