 In 1973, after two two-year terms in the mayor's post, Harris chose not to run for another term.That year, the liberal/radical coalition lost power, as Republican James E. Stephenson won the mayoralty and local Republicans took control of seven seats on the ten-seat city council.After 1974, Harris continued as an adjunct faculty member at the law school, while practicing law as the senior partner of an Ann Arbor law firm he founded.