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Shawn Harris is an American farmer, retired U.S. Army brigadier general and Democratic political candidate for Georgia's 14th congressional district. Raised on a family farm in Blakely, he served more than 40 years in the military, including combat deployments in Afghanistan. Harris later returned to northwest Georgia to run a cattle farm and run for office.