IAM Local 778 welcomed guest speaker and Missouri House Democratic Leader Representative Jeff Harris to the lodge meeting held Saturday, July 12, 2008 in Kansas City, MO. Harris has been endorsed by the Missouri State Council of Machinists in his bid to become the next State Attorney General.
(from left to right) LL 778 DBR Claude Harris, GLR Rod Hoffman, Representative Jeff Harris,
GVP Philip J. Gruber and Mike Louis, DL 9 BR & President of the MO St. Council of Machinists
Harris is running for the seat to be vacated by current Attorney General Jay Nixon who is running for Governor.
In his introduction, IAM Midwest Territory General Vice President Philip J. Gruber praised Representative Harris saying, "Jeff Harris has some big shoes to fill, but he is the person to fill those shoes. Jeff is a man who knows and respects labor, the issues of middle class America and the state of Missouri."
Harris, who graduated from Cornell Law School in 1991, was elected unanimously as House Democratic Leader in 2004 and again in 2006. Before being elected to the Missouri House, Jeff served as an Assistant Attorney General under Attorney General Jay Nixon.
