Harris Blake

{{Short description|American politician (1929–2014)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Harris Blake

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| state_senate = North Carolina

| state = North Carolina

| district = 22nd

| term_start = January 1, 2003

| term_end = January 1, 2013

| predecessor = Constituency established

| successor = Jerry Tillman (Redistricting)

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|11|3}}

| birth_place = Jackson Springs, North Carolina

| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|6|9|1929|11|3}}

| alma_mater = Elon University

| party = Republican

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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.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/northcarolinaman20032004nort/page/398/mode/2up|title = North Carolina manual [serial]}} He was also the Republican nominee for North Carolina Secretary of State in 2000.[http://www.thepilot.com/news/former-state-senator-harris-blake-dies/article_c45bce68-efec-11e3-8882-0017a43b2370.html The Pilot]

Born in Jackson Springs, North Carolina, Blake went to Elon University. He served on the Moore County, North Carolina School Board.[http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/54848/harris-blake Votesmart.org-Harris Blake] Blake, a real estate agent from Pinehurst, North Carolina,{{citation |url=http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?nUserID=118&sChamber=S |title=Senator Harris Blake (Rep) |publisher=General Assembly of North Carolina |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121114731/http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=S&nUserID=118 |archivedate=2010-11-21 }}{{citation|title=Health care reform plan uncertain after midterm|author=Viviana Bonilla Lopez |date=November 11, 2010| url=http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.php/article/2010/11/health_care_reform_plan_uncertain_after_midterm|publisher=The Daily Tar Heel}} 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.