Office: | Member of the Virginia House of Delegates |
Constituency: | 39th district (1980–82) 37th district (1982–83) |
Term Start: | January 9, 1980 |
Term End: | January 12, 1983 |
Predecessor: | Albert Teich |
Successor: | Stephen E. Gordy |
Birth Name: | Edythe Joyce Colton |
Birth Date: | 17 September 1934 |
Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Spouse: | Stanley Harrison |
Edythe "Edie" Colton Harrison (born September 17, 1934) is an American politician who served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1980 to 1983. She lost renomination to Tom Moss in 1982 after the state's House district maps were redrawn.[1] In 1984, she ran for United States Senate, losing to the Republican incumbent, John Warner.[2] She was the first woman nominated for statewide office by the Virginia Democratic Party.
In 1974, Harrison worked to found the Virginia Opera Association and led a fundraising campaign to restore the Norfolk Municipal Auditorium for the company's new home, the Harrison Opera House.[3]