 He was re-elected on April 5, 1971, defeating Republican Jack J. Garris.During his second term in office, Harris worked with a liberal/radical coalition on city council, composed of four Democrats and two members of the local, left-wing Human Rights Party (HRP), who held the balance of power beginning in 1972.Harris supported HRP efforts to decriminalize marijuana use in Ann Arbor (see "Cannabis laws in Ann Arbor, Michigan"), telling the "Washington Post"