Harris Blake

Harris Durham Blake (November 3, 1929 – June 9, 2014) was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's twenty-second Senate district, which included constituents in Harnett, Lee and Moore counties.^[1] He was also the Republican nominee for North Carolina Secretary of State in 2000.^[2]

Born in Jackson Springs, North Carolina, Blake went to Elon University. He served on the Moore County, North Carolina School Board.^[3] Blake, a real estate agent from Pinehurst, North Carolina,^[4][5] served five terms in the North Carolina state Senate and chose to retire in 2012 and not seek a sixth term. He was deputy President pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate during his final two-year term. He died at his home in Moore County on June 9, 2014, at the age of 84.

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