Oakland’s Kamala Harris is Biden’s V.P. Pick
Oakland native, former Alameda County and San Francisco District Attorney and current U.S. Senator from California, Kamala Harris has been chosen by Joe Biden as his Vice Presidential running mate for the 2020 election.
Learn More: Looking Back on Kamala Harris’ Record in California – From cannabis to sex work, the death penalty to truancy, here’s how the VP candidate applied her ‘smart on crime’ philosophy. – SF Weekly
Born in Oakland, Harris is a graduate of Howard University and University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
Harris began her career in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office before being recruited to the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office and later the City Attorney of San Francisco’s office. In 2003, she was elected the 27th district attorney of San Francisco, serving until 2011.
#BREAKING: Joe Biden has selected Kamala Harris as his running mate.
She’ll be the first African American nominated for vice president by a major party. https://t.co/ih1D5B0M6y pic.twitter.com/fbS9JBDLEP
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) August 11, 2020
She won the 2016 Senate election to succeed outgoing Senator Barbara Boxer, becoming California’s third female senator, the second African-American woman and the first South Asian–American to serve in the United States Senate.
She ran for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2020 election, briefly becoming a frontrunner before ending her campaign on December 3, 2019, citing a lack of funds to continue.
Harris is the third major party female U.S. vice presidential nominee after Geraldine Ferraro and Sarah Palin.
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