Democracy in Action P2020 Timeline Highlights from the Life and Career of Kamala Harris

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris: A Timeline

Jan. 20 - Age on Inauguration Day 56 years, 3 months.

2020

2021

June 8 - Finishes first in Dem. primary for CA Attorney General with 33.6% of the vote.
Nov. 2 - Elected, def. L.A. District Attorney Steve Cooley (R) by 46.1% to 45.3%.

Sept. 5 - Addresses the Democratic National Convention in prime time (+).

Aug. 22 - Marries Douglas Emhoff.
Nov. 4 - Re-elected CA Attorney General.

Nov. 8 - Elected to the U.S. Senate defeating L.Sanchez (D) by 61.6% to 38.4% (+).

Jan. 8 - Author of The Truths We Hold (Penguin Books). Jan. 21 - Announces candidacy on ABC News "Good Morning America."

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Chief of the Community and Neighborhood Division in the SF District Attorney's office.

Elected District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco, def. incumbent Terence Hallinan.

Backs Sen. Barack Obama's candidacy from the beginning (+).
Re-elected unopposed.

Co-author with Joan O'C Hamilton of Smart on Crime.

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Passes the bar exam.
A deputy district attorney in Alameda County, 1990-98.

HIred by SF District Attorney Terrence Hallinan to lead career criminal unit.

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Graduates from Westmount High School in Montreal, Quebec.
Starts at Howard University. Elected freshman class rep. to the Student Council.

Interns for Sen. Alan Cranston (D-CA).

B.A. from Howard University.

J.D. from University of California Hastings School of Law.

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

....iives in Montreal in the 1970s after parents' divorce

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

Born Oct. 20, 1964 in Oakland, CA to Shyamala Gopalan Harris and Donald Harris.

Jan. 30 - Sister Maya born.

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969