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Shawn Harris
Retired Brigadier General. Farmer. Fighter for Northwest Georgia.

Meet Shawn Harris

After 40 years of military service, Shawn came home to Georgia with Karla to build a farm, raise a family and keep serving the community that shaped him.

On Team Georgia
Service rooted in home

Shawn is a retired Brigadier General and Polk County cattle producer who returned home to Georgia after 40 years of military service.

He and his wife Karla, a family physician, have five sons and four grandchildren, and together they run a first-generation grass-fed cattle farm in Rockmart.

Shawn Harris and Karla Harris
Georgia Roots
Raised on a farm

Shawn grew up in Blakely, Georgia, on his family’s farm. After high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and rose to the rank of Sergeant.

He later earned his B.A. in Agribusiness from Tuskegee University, where he was a member of Omega Psi Phi and where he and Karla met and married.

Shawn Harris on the farm
Combat-Tested Service
Forty years of leadership

After 9/11, Shawn deployed as an infantry commander in Afghanistan, where he saw extensive combat. He later led a team into Liberia during the Ebola outbreak in 2014.

Shawn served as a senior military advisor in posts around the world, earned several military honors for leadership and valor, and completed a degree in Strategic Studies from the Army War College.

Shawn Harris military memorabilia
A Proven Coalition
Back to finish the fight

As the 2024 nominee, Shawn built a wide-ranging coalition of Democrats, Independents and common-sense Republicans and earned more votes than any Democrat in GA-14 in over a decade.

Not one to leave his team behind, Shawn is back to finish the fight and make sure Northwest Georgia remains a great place to live, work and raise a family.

Shawn Harris with supporters
Northwest Georgia First
Leadership that matters

Shawn knows this district needs a representative who will do the work, build the coalition and stay focused on the people who call Northwest Georgia home.

That is the mission now: lower costs, protect opportunity, support veterans and keep showing up for every community across GA-14.

Leadership Matters signs at a Shawn Harris event