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Mike Harris is running for office—no, really, he is

By Stephen Spencer Davis
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According to this article in the Toronto Star, Mike Harris is running in the provincial election—as an independent in Oakville. Only this Mike Harris is a 23-year-old recent graduate of the University of Ottawa, rather than the roundly despised former Ontario premier. The Star notes that “Being Mike Harris is not easy,” and we have to agree—you can’t help but feel bad for a guy who can remember teachers giving him dirty looks when Harris was premier. (Although, honestly, who were these teachers and why were they giving a student grief for sharing the premier’s name?). Plus, barring massive political success, Google searching his own name can’t be any fun. Read the entire story [Toronto Star] »

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