Jim Harrell, Jr.

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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 77 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. Harrell is a dentist and public servant in Elkin, North Carolina. He was elected as a Surry County Commissioner in 1990 and re-elected for a total of five terms, including most recently in November 2006. His father, grandfather, and brother are or were also dentists. His father, Jim Harrell, Sr., still practices and was once mayor of Elkin.

He is also a past president of the North Carolina Dental Society and past chairman of the American Dental Association Council on Governmental Affairs.

He is the father of three sons, the oldest of which, Jim Harrell III, is a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives.