Harris Brown McDowell III (born March 15, 1940) is a retired American politician. He was a Democratic member of the

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from 1977 to 2021, representing the 1st district. He attended the

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and

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, and is the son of former Delaware congressman

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Electoral history

*1976: When

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Senator

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left the House District 1 seat open, McDowell won the 1976 Democratic Primary and won the November 2, 1976 General election with 5,806 votes (52.2%) against Republican nominee Kermit Justice. *1980: McDowell won the 1980 Democratic Primary and won the November 4, 1980 General election with 6,354 votes (56.4%) against Republican nominee Sandra Kaufmann. *1982: McDowell won the 1982 Democratic Primary and won the three-way November 2, 1982 General election with 7,239 votes (62.5%) against Republican nominee Richard Bugbee and Libertarian candidate Susan Bissell. *1986: McDowell was unopposed for both the September 6, 1986 Democratic Primary and the November 4, 1986 General election, winning with 5,946 votes. *1990: McDowell won the 1992 Democratic Primary and won the November 6, 1990 General election with 5,467 votes (59.2%) against Republican nominee Paul Parets. *1992: McDowell and Parets were both unopposed for their September 12, 1992 primaries, setting up a rematch; McDowell won the November 3, 1992 General election with 8,808 votes (63.5%) against Parets. *1996: McDowell won the September 7, 1996 Democratic Primary with 2,368 votes (66.2%) against Thornton Carroll, and won the November 5, 1996 General election with 7,883 votes (61.6%) against Republican nominee Gary Linarducci. *2000: McDowell was unopposed for the September 9, 2000 Democratic Primary and won the November 7, 2000 General election with 8,970 votes (63.6%) against Republican nominee Lee Murphy. *2002: McDowell won the September 10, 2002 Democratic Primary with 1,388 votes (63.7%), again against his 1996 challenger Thornton Carroll. Lee Murphy was unopposed for his primary, setting up a rematch; McDowell won the November 5, 2002 General election with 7,646 votes (64.1%) against Murphy. *2006: McDowell won the four-way September 12, 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. McDowell won the three-way November 7, 2006 General election with 8,300 votes (64.6%) against Republican nominee Gregory Chambers and Independent candidate Tyler Nixon. *2010: McDowell was unopposed for both the September 17, 2010 Democratic Primary and the November 2, 2010 General election, winning with 11,862 votes. *2012: McDowell won the three-way September 11, 2012 Democratic Primary with 2,342 votes (52.2%) against former state Representative David Brady and another challenger. McDowell won the three-way November 6, 2012 General election with 15,155 votes (85.3%) against

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candidate Robert Clark and Libertarian candidate Brian Lintz.

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