Over the past few weeks, amid an historical political period, North Americans gained a closer glimpse of Vice-President Kamala Harris — now the Democratic nominee for U.S. president.
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Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? Over the past few weeks, amid an historical political period, North Americans gained a closer glimpse of Vice-President Kamala Harris — now the Democratic nominee for U.S. president.
Harris worked as a courtroom prosecutor in San Francisco, was elected as District Attorney of San Francisco, Attorney General of California as well as a U.S. Senator from California.
She initially pursued the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination before President Joe Biden chose her as his running mate. Harris is the daughter of a Jamaican father, who was an economics professor, and an Indian mother, who was a cancer researcher. Both parents immigrated to the U.
S. in the 1960s where they earned their doctoral degrees at the University of California at Berkeley. If victorious on Nov.
5, Harris will be the first woman and first Asian-American to occupy the White House as president. While Harris’s credentials and background have garnered much attention, her first name stands.