Electoral history of Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris, the 49th vice president of the United States (2021–2025), is a member of the Democratic Party, one of two major parties in the United States. She has run for public office seven times. Harris served as the 27th district attorney of San Francisco (2004–2011), the 32nd attorney general of California (2011–2017), and as a United States senator from California (2017–2021).

In 2003, Harris began her political career by challenging Terence Hallinan, the incumbent district attorney of San Francisco, and defeating him in a runoff election. In 2007, she won a second term unopposed. In 2010, she won a highly competitive Democratic primary for the party's nomination in the 2010 California Attorney General election. She defeated Republican nominee Steve Cooley in the general election. She was reelected in 2014 by defeating challenger Ronald Gold.

Harris was a candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, but withdrew her candidacy on December 3, 2019, citing a lack of funds. On March 8, 2020, Harris endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden. On August 11, she was chosen by Biden to be his running mate. Biden and Harris went on to win the 2020 general election, defeating Republican incumbents Donald Trump and Mike Pence. On January 20, 2021, Harris became the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in United States history, as well as the first African-American and Asian-American vice president. In 2024, she and Biden ran for reelection. Following Biden's withdrawal from the race, Harris became the Democratic Party presidential nominee, running in the 2024 election alongside her Vice Presidential nominee, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. They lost the general election to Trump and Ohio Senator JD Vance.

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