Kamala Harris

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Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-02-2010	Democratic	Attorney General	4443070	Win
11-04-2014	Democratic	Attorney General	4102649	Win
11-08-2016	Democratic	Senate3	7542753	Win

Candidate Biography:

Kamala Devi Harris
Born: October 20, 1964, in Oakland, CA
Married: Douglas Emhoff (m. 2014)

1980s: Intern, US Senator Alan Cranston
1990-1998: Deputy District Attorney, Alameda County District Attorney's Office
1994: Member, Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board
1994-1998: Member, California Medical Assistance Commission
1994-1996: Member, California Constitutional Revision Commission
1998-2000: Attorney, San Francisco District Attorney's Office
2000-2004: Attorney, San Francisco City Attorney's Office
2004-2011: District Attorney, San Francisco County
2012: National Co-Chair, Barack Obama for President campaign
2012: Delegate, Democratic National Convention
2016: Delegate, Democratic National Convention
2017: Resigned as Attorney General on January 3.
2020: Primary Candidate for President (Withdrew)
2021: Resigned from the United States Senate on January 18.
2021-Present: Vice President of the United States
2024: Presumptive Democratic Nominee for President [See "2024 Election" below]

• CLOSE CONTEST: Harris won the 2010 General election when she defeated Steve Cooley by 74,453 votes (0.8%).
• In 2012, Harris was the target of an attempted recall led by James D. Smith. The recall failed to qualify for the ballot.
• MINORITY VICTORY: In the 2010 General Election, Harris was the last candidate for statewide office in California to win with less than 50% of the votes cast in that contest (she was elected with 46.1%). The Final Minority Victors were: Kamala Harris (statewide), Jerry McNerney (Congress), Jeff Denham (State Senate), and Richard Pan (Assembly).
• 2024 Election: On July 21, 2024, President Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 presidential contest more than four months after securing the delegates to become the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. In his statement, Biden said "...while it has always been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term." Later that day he endorsed Vice President Harris to become the Democratic nominee for President. By the end of July 22nd, Harris had secured the support of enough delegates to the Democratic convention to become the presumptive Democratic Nominee for President