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Kamala Devi Harris was born 20 October 1964 in Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States to Donald Jasper Harris (1938-) and Shyamala Gopalan (1938-2009) . She married Douglas Craig Emhoff (1964-) 22 August 2014 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, United States.
Kamala Devi Harris ( /ˈkɑːmələ/ KAH-mə-lə;[1][2] born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is the vice president–elect of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, she is set to assume office on January 20, 2021, alongside President-elect Joe Biden, having defeated incumbent President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in the 2020 election. She will be the United States' first female vice president and the highest-ranking female elected official in U.S. history. Harris will also be the first Asian-American and the first African-American vice president.[3][4]
Born in Oakland, California, Harris graduated from Howard University and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She 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 district attorney of San Francisco. She was elected Attorney General of California in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. Harris has served as the junior United States senator from California since 2017. Harris defeated Loretta Sanchez in the 2016 Senate election to become the second African American woman and the first South Asian American to serve in the United States Senate.[5][6] As a senator, she has advocated for healthcare reform, federal descheduling of cannabis, a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, the DREAM Act, a ban on assault weapons, and progressive tax reform. She gained a national profile for her pointed questioning of Trump administration officials during Senate hearings, including Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault.[7]
Harris ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination and ended her campaign on December 3, 2019.[8] She was announced as Biden's running mate on August 11, 2020. On November 7, 2020, the race was called in favor of the Biden–Harris ticket.
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Kamala Devi Harris (1964-) | 20 October 1964 Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States | Douglas Craig Emhoff (1964-) | |
| Maya Harris (1967-) | |||
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- amily of Kamala Harris
References
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- ^ Thomas, Ken (February 15, 2013). "You Say 'Ka-MILLA;' I Say 'KUH-ma-la.' Both Are Wrong". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Tucker Carlson doesn't pronounce Kamala Harris's name correctly, and doesn't seem to care". National Post. August 12, 2020. https://nationalpost.com/news/world/tucker-carlson-doesnt-pronounce-kamala-harriss-name-correctly-and-doesnt-seem-to-care.
- ^ Horowitz, Juliana Menasce; Budiman, Abby (2020-08-18). "Key findings about multiracial identity in the U.S. as Harris becomes vice presidential nominee" (in en-US). https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/08/18/key-findings-about-multiracial-identity-in-the-u-s-as-harris-becomes-vice-presidential-nominee/.
- ^ "Kamala Harris Makes History As First Female, Black, Asian American Vice President". 2020-11-07. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/11/07/kamala-harris-makes-history-as-first-female-black-asian-american-vice-president/.
- ^ "Kamala D. Harris: US Senator from California". United States Senate. https://www.harris.senate.gov/about. "In 2017, Kamala D. Harris was sworn in as a United States senator for California, the second African-American woman and first South Asian-American senator in history."
- ^ Weinberg, Tessa; Palaniappan, Sruthi (December 3, 2019). "Kamala Harris: Everything you need to know about the 2020 presidential candidate". ABC News. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/kamala-harris-latest-democrat-run-president/story?id=60521324. "Harris is the daughter of an Indian mother and Jamaican father, and is the second African-American woman and first South Asian-American senator in history."
- ^ Viser, Matt (January 21, 2019). "Kamala Harris enters 2020 Presidential Race". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kamala-harris-enters-2020-presidential-race/2019/01/21/d68d15b2-0a20-11e9-a3f0-71c95106d96a_story.html.
- ^ Herndon, Astead; Goldmacher, Shane (December 3, 2019). "Kamala Harris Is Dropping Out of 2020 Race". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/us/politics/kamala-harris-campaign-drops-out.html.
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