Harris McDowell III explained

Harris McDowell III
State Senate:	Delaware
District:	1st
Term Start:	November 3, 1976
Term End:	November 4, 2020
Predecessor:	Mike Castle
Successor:	Sarah McBride
Term Start3:	2003
Term End3:	2006
Successor3:	-->
Birth Date:	15 March 1940
Birth Place:	Middletown, Delaware, U.S.
Party:	Democratic
Residence:	Wilmington, Delaware
Alma Mater:	University of Delaware Georgetown University
Serviceyears:	1960–1966

Harris Brown McDowell III^[1] (born March 15, 1940) is a retired American politician. He was a Democratic member of the Delaware Senate from 1977 to 2021, representing the 1st district.^[2] He attended the University of Delaware and Georgetown University, and is the son of former Delaware congressman Harris McDowell Jr.

Electoral history

1976: When Republican Senator Mike Castle left the Senate district 1 seat open, McDowell won the 1976 Democratic primary and won the November 1976 general election with 5,806 votes (52.2%) against Republican nominee Kermit Justice.^[3]
1980: McDowell won the 1980 Democratic primary and won the November 1980 general election with 6,354 votes (56.4%) against Republican nominee Sandra Kaufmann.^[4]
1982: McDowell won the 1982 Democratic primary and won the three-way November 1982 general election with 7,239 votes (62.5%) against Republican nominee Richard Bugbee and Libertarian candidate Susan Bissell.^[5]
1986: McDowell was unopposed for both the September 1986 Democratic primary and the November 1986 general election, winning with 5,946 votes.^[6]
1990: McDowell won the 1992 Democratic primary and won the November 1990 general election with 5,467 votes (59.2%) against Republican nominee Paul Parets.^[7]
1992: McDowell and Parets were both unopposed for their September 1992 primaries, setting up a rematch; McDowell won the November 1992 general election with 8,808 votes (63.5%) against Parets.^[8]
1996: McDowell won the September 1996 Democratic primary with 2,368 votes (66.2%) against Thornton Carroll,^[9] and won the November 1996 general election with 7,883 votes (61.6%) against Republican nominee Gary Linarducci.^[10]
2000: McDowell was unopposed for the September 2000 Democratic primary and won the November 2000 general election with 8,970 votes (63.6%) against Republican nominee Lee Murphy.^[11]
2002: McDowell won the September 2002 Democratic primary with 1,388 votes (63.7%),^[12] again against his 1996 challenger Thornton Carroll. Lee Murphy was unopposed for his primary, setting up a rematch; McDowell won the November 2002 general election with 7,646 votes (64.1%) against Murphy.^[13]
2006: McDowell won the four-way September 2006 Democratic primary with 1,477 votes (49.5%) against a field that included Charles Potter Jr. and Thornton Carroll, his challenger from 1996 and 2002.^[14] McDowell won the three-way November 2006 general election with 8,300 votes (64.6%) against Republican nominee Gregory Chambers and Independent candidate Tyler Nixon.^[15]
2010: McDowell was unopposed for both the September 2010 Democratic primary and the November 2010 general election, winning with 11,862 votes.^[16]
2012: McDowell won the three-way September 2012 Democratic primary with 2,342 votes (52.2%) against former state representative David Brady and another challenger.^[17] McDowell won the three-way November 2012 general election with 15,155 votes (85.3%) against Independent candidate Robert Clark and Libertarian candidate Brian Lintz.^[18]

External links

at the Delaware General Assembly

Notes and References

Web site: Senator Harris B. McDowell III . . . November 15, 2013.
Web site: Harris B. McDowell III's Biography . . November 15, 2013.
Web site: State of Delaware Official Results of General Election 1976 . November 2, 1976 . Delaware Commissioner of Elections . Dover, Delaware . 4 . November 15, 2013 . May 12, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130512034008/http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1976.pdf . dead .
Web site: State of Delaware Official Results of General Election 1980 . November 4, 1980 . Delaware Commissioner of Elections . Dover, Delaware . 4 . November 15, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130512034001/http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1980.pdf . May 12, 2013 .
Web site: State of Delaware Official Results of General Election 1982 . November 2, 1982 . Delaware Commissioner of Elections . Dover, Delaware . 4 . November 15, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130512033956/http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1982.pdf . May 12, 2013 .
Web site: State of Delaware Official Results of General Election 1986 . November 4, 1986 . Delaware Commissioner of Elections . Dover, Delaware . 3 . November 15, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130512033948/http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1986.pdf . May 12, 2013 .
Web site: State of Delaware Official Results of General Election 1990 . November 6, 1990 . Delaware Commissioner of Elections . Dover, Delaware . 3 . November 15, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130512033940/http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1990.pdf . May 12, 2013 .
Web site: State of Delaware 1992 General Election Results . November 3, 1992 . Delaware Commissioner of Elections . Dover, Delaware . 2 . November 15, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130512033931/http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1992.pdf . May 12, 2013 .
Web site: 1996 Election Results . November 5, 1996 . Delaware Commissioner of Elections . Dover, Delaware . 26 . November 15, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130512033926/http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1996.pdf . May 12, 2013 .
Web site: 1996 Election Results . November 5, 1996 . Delaware Commissioner of Elections . Dover, Delaware . 3 . November 15, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130512033926/http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1996.pdf . May 12, 2013 .
Web site: State of Delaware General Election Official Results . November 7, 2000 . Delaware Commissioner of Elections . Dover, Delaware . November 15, 2013 . November 12, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131112192402/http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect00/2000genofficial.shtml . dead .
Web site: State of Delaware Primary Election Official Results . September 7, 2002 . Delaware Commissioner of Elections . Dover, Delaware . November 15, 2013.
Web site: State of Delaware General Election Official Results . November 5, 2002 . Delaware Commissioner of Elections . Dover, Delaware . November 15, 2013 . November 12, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131112192209/http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect02/elect02_general/elect02_office.shtml . dead .
Web site: State of Delaware Primary Election Official Results . September 12, 2006 . Delaware Commissioner of Elections . Dover, Delaware . November 15, 2013.
Web site: State of Delaware General Election Official Results . November 7, 2006 . Delaware Commissioner of Elections . Dover, Delaware . November 15, 2013 . May 28, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190528184435/https://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect06/elect06_general/html/elect06_general_office.shtml . dead .
Web site: State of Delaware General Election Official Results . November 2, 2010 . Delaware Commissioner of Elections . Dover, Delaware . November 15, 2013 . March 3, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175242/http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect10/elect10_General/html/election.shtml . dead .
Web site: State of Delaware Primary Election Official Results . September 11, 2012 . Delaware Commissioner of Elections . Dover, Delaware . November 15, 2013 . November 6, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201106172641/https://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect12/elect12_Primary/html/election.shtml . dead .
Web site: State of Delaware General Election Official Results . November 6, 2012 . Delaware Commissioner of Elections . Dover, Delaware . November 15, 2013 . November 3, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131103114518/http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect12/elect12_general/html/election.shtml . dead .