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  Harris, Kamala
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AffiliationDemocratic  
<-  2021-01-20  
 
NameKamala Harris
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Born October 20, 1964 (59 years)
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Jun 02, 2022 09:36am
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InfoKamala Devi Harris

In December 2003, Kamala Harris was elected as the first woman District Attorney in San Francisco's history, and as the first African American woman in California to hold the office. She was overwhelmingly reelected to a second term in November 2007.

Harris was born in Oakland, California and raised with her sister Maya in the East Bay by their mother Dr. Shyamala Gopalan, a breast cancer specialist. After attending public schools, her strong commitment to justice and public service led her to Howard University, America’s oldest historically black university, and then to the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

Harris has spent her entire professional life in the trenches as a courtroom prosecutor. After graduating from U.C. Hastings College of the Law, she took a position in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, where she specialized in prosecuting child sexual assault cases. As a Deputy District Attorney she also prosecuted cases for homicide and robbery. She worked at that office from 1990 to 1998 before going on to serve in the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office.

In 1998, Harris was named managing attorney of the Career Criminal Unit of the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, where she prosecuted three strikes cases and serial felony offenders. She then served as the head of the San Francisco City Attorney’s Division on Families and Children.

As San Francisco DA, Harris - who has been a prosecutor for nearly twenty years - has focused intensively on fighting violent crime. She has increased conviction rates for serious and violent offenses, expanded services to victims of crime and their families, created new prosecution divisions focused on child assault, public integrity and environmental crimes, and launched innovative re-entry initiatives to prevent re-offending. To combat one of San Francisco’s biggest challenges, gun violence, she created a gun specialist team and implemented tough gun charging policies.

This work is paying off --- the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office has more than doubled its trial conviction rate for gun felonies to 90 percent. Under her leadership, the office has sent 50 percent more serious and violent offenders to State Prison, has put more than 220 gang members behind bars and convicted more than 1,200 domestic violence offenders. According to the San Francisco Superior Court, the office’s overall felony conviction rate is at its highest point in 12 years.

Harris has brought much-needed consistency and innovation to the handling of narcotics and quality-of-life crimes. Her office has tripled the number of misdemeanor cases taken to trial, and Harris has assigned senior prosecutors to specialize in prosecuting graffiti, vandalism and auto burglaries. She has also launched unprecedented programs of outreach to San Francisco communities and brought free legal clinics to immigrant neighborhoods.

District Attorney Harris is the recipient of numerous awards. California’s largest legal newspaper, The Daily Journal, designated Harris as one of the top 75 women litigators in California – the only elected official to receive that honor – as well as one of the top 100 lawyers in the state. She was recognized as a “Woman of Power” by the National Urban League and received the Thurgood Marshall Award from the National Black Prosecutors Association. She has been featured on the Oprah Show and in Newsweek as one of “America’s 20 Most Powerful Women.” She was selected as one of 24 elected leaders from throughout the country to serve as a Rodel Fellow with the Aspen Institute. Additionally, Harris was elected to the Board of Directors of the California District Attorneys Association and is a Vice President of the National District Attorney’s Association.


JOB APPROVAL POLLS
DateFirmApproveDisapproveDon't Know
05/05/2023-05/08/2023 YouGov 40.00% ( 1.0) 46.00% ( 25.0) 14.00% ( 26.0)
11/16/2021-11/18/2021 Harris/The Hill 40.00% ( 0.0) 43.00% ( 0.0) 17.00% ( 0.0)
06/19/2021-06/22/2021 Beacon Research (D) / Shaw & Company (R) - FOX News 50.00% ( 0.0) 47.00% ( 0.0) 3.00% ( 0.0)
09/16/2019-09/25/2019 Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) 40.00% ( 0.0) 37.00% ( 0.0) 24.00% ( 0.0)
05/12/2018-05/24/2018 YouGov 39.00% ( 0.0) 21.00% ( 0.0) 40.00% ( 0.0)
01/01/2017-03/31/2017 Morning Consult 52.00% ( 0.0) 23.00% ( 0.0) 25.00% ( 0.0)
11/10/2011-11/13/2011 Public Policy Polling 33.00% ( 0.0) 26.00% ( 0.0) 41.00% ( 0.0)
05/12/2004-05/12/2004 David Binder Research 65.00% ( 0.0) 16.00% ( 0.0) 19.00% ( 0.0)
PER-STATE JOB APPROVAL POLLS
DateStateFirmApproveDisapproveDon't Know
09/16/2023-09/19/2023 NC Meredith College 39.00% ( 0.0) 54.00% ( 0.0) 7.00% ( 0.0)
FAVORABILITY POLLS
DateFirmFavorableUnfavorableDon't Know
11/30/2021-12/02/2021 HarrisX 41.00% ( 0.0) 49.00% ( 0.0) 10.00% ( 0.0)

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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jul 26, 2023 10:00am News The Vice Presidency Is Hard. Harris Has It Harder Than Most.  Article WA Indy 
Jan 15, 2022 03:00pm News Harris pushed hard for voting rights — then hit a brick wall  Article WA Indy 
Oct 14, 2020 12:00pm Profile What Kamala Harris Learned About Power at Howard  Article IndyGeorgia 
Oct 14, 2019 03:00am News Kamala Harris’s Offices Fought Payments to Wrongly Convicted  Article data 
Oct 10, 2019 09:55pm News Kamala Harris' Prosecutors Sent This Innocent Man to Prison  Article data 
Apr 04, 2013 05:00pm News Obama Calls Californian Kamala Harris ‘Best Looking’ Attorney General  Article Scott³ 

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FAMILY
Husband Douglas Emhoff Aug 22, 2014-
Father Donald Harris 1938-
Sister Maya Harris 1967-
Mother Shyamala Gopalan 1938-2009

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  06/08/2026 CA Governor - Open Primary ???
  12/10/2020 TIME Person of the Year Won 50.00% (+0.00%)
  11/03/2020 US Vice President Won 56.88% (+13.75%)
  08/11/2020 US Vice President - D Selection Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/08/2016 CA US Senate Won 61.60% (+23.21%)
  06/07/2016 CA US Senate - Open Primary Won 39.94% (+21.09%)
  02/27/2016 CA US Senate - D Endorsement Won 78.12% (+58.81%)
  11/04/2014 CA Attorney General Won 57.49% (+14.98%)
  06/03/2014 CA Attorney General - Open Primary Won 53.17% (+40.86%)
  11/02/2010 CA Attorney General Won 46.05% (+0.77%)
  06/08/2010 CA Attorney General - D Primary Won 33.53% (+17.94%)
  11/06/2007 San Francisco District Attorney Won 98.50% (+97.00%)
  12/09/2003 San Francisco District Attorney - Runoff Won 56.49% (+12.98%)
  11/04/2003 San Francisco District Attorney Won 33.65% (+0.00%)
ENTERED, DROPPED OUT
  08/11/2020 US President - D Primaries Lost 0.00% (-51.46%)
SPECULATIVE, DID NOT RUN
  08/11/2024 US President - D Primaries ???
  03/10/2021 US Attorney General Lost 0.00% (-70.00%)
  02/08/2017 US Attorney General Lost 0.00% (-52.53%)
  04/23/2015 US Attorney General Lost 0.00% (-56.57%)
ENDORSEMENTS
TX District 18 - D Primary - Mar 05, 2024 D Sheila Jackson Lee
GA US Senate - Special Election - Nov 03, 2020 D Raphael Warnock
LA US Senate - Nov 03, 2020 D Adrian Perkins
TX District 24 - D Runoff - Jul 14, 2020 D Candace Valenzuela
TX District 10 - D Runoff - Jul 14, 2020 D Pritesh Gandhi
CO US Senate - D Primary - Jun 30, 2020 D John Hickenlooper
VA District 05 - D Primary - Jun 23, 2020 D B. Cameron Webb
CA District 25 - Open Primary - Mar 03, 2020 D Christy Smith
Los Angeles County District Attorney - Mar 03, 2020 D George Gascón
CA US President - D Primary - Mar 03, 2020 D Joe Biden
US President - D Primaries - Aug 11, 2020 D Joe Biden
US Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Jan 07, 2020 NPA Reject
US Secretary of Defense - Jul 23, 2019 NPA Reject
US Ambassador to Ireland - Jun 13, 2019 NPA Reject
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia - Apr 10, 2019 NPA Reject
CT District 05 - D Primary - Aug 14, 2018 D Jahana Hayes
GA District 06 - D Runoff - Jul 24, 2018 D Lucy McBath
US Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Jul 23, 2018 NPA Reject
CO District 02 - D Primary - Jun 26, 2018 D Joseph D. Neguse
MD Governor - D Primary - Jun 26, 2018 D Ben Jealous
CA District 45 - Open Primary - Jun 05, 2018 D Katie Porter
CA Governor - Open Primary - Jun 05, 2018 D Gavin Newsom
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board - Jan 23, 2018 NPA Reject
Atlanta Mayor - Runoff - Dec 05, 2017 D Keisha Lance Bottoms
US Secretary of the Army - Nov 15, 2017 NPA Reject
US Ambassador to the Holy See - Oct 16, 2017 NPA Reject
US Ambassador to New Zealand - Jun 08, 2017 NPA Reject
US Trade Representative - May 11, 2017 NPA Reject
US Deputy Attorney General - Apr 25, 2017 NPA Reject
US Secretary of Agriculture - Apr 24, 2017 NPA Reject
US Director of National Intelligence - Mar 15, 2017 NPA Reject
US Secretary of Commerce - Feb 27, 2017 NPA Reject
US Secretary of Homeland Security - Jan 20, 2017 NPA Reject
CA District 24 - Open Primary - Jun 07, 2016 D Salud Carbajal
San Diego Mayor - Special Primary - Nov 19, 2013 D Nathan Fletcher
Los Angeles County District Attorney - Runoff - Nov 06, 2012 D Jackie Lacey
CA - District 15 - Open Primary - Jun 05, 2012 D Fortney "Pete" Stark
San Francisco Sheriff - Nov 08, 2011 N Chris Cunnie
San Francisco District Attorney - Nov 08, 2011 D George Gascón
CA Proposition 23 - Suspension of AB 32 - Nov 02, 2010 NO No
Proposition 19 - Legalizes Marijuana Under California but not Federal Law - Nov 02, 2010 NO No
CA Proposition 8 - Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry - Nov 04, 2008 NO No
San Francisco Proposition K (Changing the Enforcement of Laws Related to Prostitution and Sex Workers) - Nov 04, 2008 NO No
SF Board of Supervisors - District 4 - Nov 04, 2008 D Carmen Chu
SF Board of Supervisors - District 3 - Nov 04, 2008 D David Chiu
CA State Assembly 19 - D Primary - Jun 03, 2008 D Gina Papan
CA State Senate 03 - D Primary - Jun 03, 2008 D Mark Leno
CA US President - D Primary - Feb 05, 2008 D Barack Obama
CA Proposition 22 - California Defense of Marriage Act - Mar 07, 2000 NO No
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