Kamala Harris

Vice President of the United States from 2021 to 2025 · United States · Politicians · Born 1964 · age 61

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She held more power to break legislative deadlock than any vice president in American history - 33 tie-breaking votes in a split Senate - then became the first woman to win a major party's presidential nomination and lost.

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2021Time 100AwardVice President of the United StatesOffice2021-20252020Vice-president-electOffice2020-20212019“I’m running to fight for Medicare for All, universal pre-K, debt-free college & more.”In their words27 January 2019Twitter, (27 January 2019)Read the whole statement

“Along with Aunt Mary, Aunt Lenore was my mother's closest confidante. I also cherish the memory of one of my mother's mentors.”In their words8 January 2019The Truths We Hold: An American Journey, (8 January 2019), p.9Read the whole statement

2018“I'll repeat the question. [...] Can you think of any laws that give the government power to make decisions about the male body.”In their words5 September 2018To Brett Kavanaugh (September 5, 2018) during his confirmation hearing as a Supreme Court Justice, as cited in "Kamala Harris goes viralRead the whole statement

2017“It is morally wrong, and when we all sing happy tunes and sing 'Merry Christmas' and wish each other 'Merry Christmas'. These children are not going to have a Merry Christmas.”In their wordsDecember 2017December 2017Read the whole statement

“We have to stay woke. Like, everybody needs to be woke. And you can talk about if you're the wokest or woker, but just stay more woke than less woke”In their words2017Read the whole statement

Honorary Doctor of the Howard UniversityAwardUnited States senatorOffice2017-20212015Honorary Doctor of the University of Southern CaliforniaAward2011Attorney General of CaliforniaOffice2011-20172005Thurgood Marshall AwardAward2003“I look forward to working with the many, many talented attorneys in the district attorney's office”In their words10 December 2003"Harris Defeats Hallinan After Bitter Campaign", SFGate, (10 December 2003)Read the whole statement

1964Born20 October 1964

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Harris's childhood home at 1227 Bancroft Way in Berkeley, August 2020

Harris with future House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in March 2004

Harris with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office, November 2009

Harris's official attorney general portrait, 2010

Senate official portrait, 2017

Harris being sworn into the Senate by then vice president Joe Biden in January 2017. At center is Harris's husband, Doug Emhoff.

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Kamala Harris

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No one should have to fear for their life because of their sexuality or color of their skin. We must confront this hate.
Jan 29, 2019, Twitter, (29 January 2019); regarding Jussie Smollett, before it became clear he had staged a fake hate crime., Own words
I’m running to fight for Medicare for All, universal pre-K, debt-free college & more.
Jan 27, 2019, Twitter, (27 January 2019), Own words
We are here knowing that we are at an inflection point in the history of our world. We are at an inflection point in the history of our nation.
Jan 27, 2019, Oakland, California (27 January 2019), Own words

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Time 1002021

Honorary Doctor of the Howard University2017

Honorary Doctor of the University of Southern California2015

Thurgood Marshall Award2005

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Born in Oakland in 1964, Harris moved from the Alameda County DA's office to San Francisco prosecutor, then district attorney in 2003. She won California attorney general in 2010, reelected in 2014, and took a Senate seat in 2016 - the second Black woman and first South Asian American senator. Her sharp questioning of Trump-era officials during hearings, especially Brett Kavanaugh, raised her national visibility. She launched a 2020 presidential bid but dropped out before the primaries; Biden chose her as running mate and they won. As vice president she presided over a 50-50 Senate and cast a record 33 tie-breakers, including votes that passed the American Rescue Plan and Inflation Reduction Act. When Biden withdrew from the 2024 race in July, Harris launched her campaign within hours, secured the nomination, and picked Minnesota governor Tim Walz. Trump and JD Vance defeated them in November.

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