Jim Harrell, Jr.

Who is Jim Harrell, Jr.?

James Andrew "Jim" Harrell, Jr. was the Democratic nominee for U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's District 5 in 2004. He won 41 percent of the vote to Virginia Foxx's 59 percent. The seat had been open after the retirement of Richard Burr, who left to run a successful campaign against Erskine Bowles to represent North Carolina in the Senate.

Dr. Jim Harrell is a dentist in Elkin, North Carolina. He was elected as a Surry County commissioner in 1990 and re-elected for a total of five terms. He was defeated for re-election in 2010.

Harrell is a former chairman of the American Dental Association Council on Governmental Affairs.

His father, grandfather, brother Gavin, uncle, and first cousin are or were also dentists. His father, Jim Harrell, Sr., still practices and was once mayor of Elkin. He is the eldest of four children, the others being Deborah Harrell Kirkman, Dr. Gavin Harrell, and Dr. Stephen Harrell.

He is the father of three sons, the oldest of which, James A. Harrell, III, served in the North Carolina House of Representatives.