Before becoming a senator, Harris served for six years as California attorney general and two terms as San Francisco district attorney.Īs Vox’s German Lopez has written, her broader prosecutorial record as attorney general and district attorney has been criticized for its contradictions: She graduated from Howard University in 1986 and the University of California’s Hastings Law School in 1989, and has focused heavily on what she describes as reforming the criminal justice system from within. Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty ImagesĪs the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, both of whom were civil rights activists, Harris has said that combating racial disparities has been a central focus of her career. Residents walk past a poster of Kamala Harris, in her mother’s ancestral village of Thulasendrapuram, in Tamil Nadu, India. She’s also been outspoken on immigration reform and proposed executive actions that could establish a path to citizenship for DREAMers, or undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children. One of her first campaign proposals focused on increasing teacher pay, while another sought to bar states from implementing restrictive abortion laws. Policies that Harris has led as a senator have included the LIFT Act, which would provide monthly cash payments to many middle-class households, and the Justice in Policing Act, a sweeping police reform bill that would limit the legal protections that law enforcement officers currently have.Īs a presidential nominee, Harris took more moderate stances on issues including health care, though she is considered liberal relative to most members of the Senate. During her time in the Senate, she’s become known for her pointed questions of Trump administration nominees and officials including Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and former Attorney General Jeff Sessions. She’s served as California’s junior senator for nearly four years, and sits on the powerful Judiciary and Intelligence committees. Harris was named Biden’s vice presidential pick in August, and she brings an extensive career in public service to the role. “It really does help to have examples of what can be done and role models, things you can point to, to make it clear that it’s not impossible - and that, in fact, it’s quite probable that you can do these things and will do those things,” Harris said in a recent interview with television host Padma Lakshmi. During the presidential campaign, she acknowledged the historic nature of her candidacy. Harris spent much of her career as a prosecutor before getting elected to the Senate in 2016 she also ran for the presidency before she was named Biden’s running mate this summer. Some progressives have been conflicted about her nomination, however, given her record on criminal justice and positions she took on wrongful convictions and independent investigations of police shootings when she served as attorney general of California. Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 2. As the new vice president, Harris could play a major role in shaping policies and priorities for a Biden administration, while sending a strong message about what’s possible for other women and people of color. Harris’s nomination for this role was groundbreaking.
3 winners and 4 losers from a very long Election “Day”
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