Kamala Harris: A Timeline

Aug. 11 - Biden announces Sen. Harris as his running mate.
 Jan. 20 - Sworn in as Vice President (>).


July 21 - President Biden bows out, endorses Harris.
Aug. 22 - Acceptance speech.
 Jan. 20 - Age on Inauguration Day: 60 years, 3 months.



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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."  Dec. 3 - Suspends campaign.
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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.
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Passes the bar exam on second attempt.
A deputy district attorney in Alameda County, 1990-98.






HIred by SF District Attorney Terrence Hallinan to lead career criminal unit.
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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.
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....iives in Montreal in the 1970s after parents' divorce



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

Jan. 30 - Sister Maya born.

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See also: Harris for President Memos.


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