Shawn Harris

Shawn Harris and his wife, Karla, a family physician, met at Tuskegee University and now run a cattle farm in Rockmart.¹ They have five sons and four grandchildren, and Harris grew up on his family's farm in Blakely, Georgia.¹

After high school, Harris enlisted in the Marines, becoming a sergeant before continuing his education and military career.¹ Over forty years in United States military service, he served as an infantry commander in Afghanistan, led a team into Liberia during the 2014 Ebola outbreak and eventually retired as an Army brigadier general.¹ His education includes agribusiness studies at Tuskegee and strategic studies at the Army War College.¹

In 2021, the National Guard announced his assignment as senior defense official and defense attaché in Israel.² His political campaigns have included races against Marjorie Taylor Greene in 2024 and Clay Fuller in the April 2026 special election.³

Harris faces Republican incumbent Fuller again for Georgia's 14th District in November.⁴ He proposes expanding rural medical training and access to care, protecting Medicare and broadening prescription price negotiations.⁵ His affordability plan also seeks limits on large investors' advantages in buying homes and stronger rural housing programs, connecting his campaign to household costs and local services.⁶