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August 14, 2020 California Senator Kamala Harris. Emhoff is an attorney who focuses on entertainment, sports, and complex business, real estate and intellectual property litigation disputes.Grace Segers is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital.Be in the know. After graduating law school in 1990, Harris was hired as a deputy district attorney in Alameda County, California.
Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was a Tamil breast cancer scientist who emigrated from India in 1960 to pursue a doctorate in endocrinology at the University of California, Berkeley. By Grace Segers, Tim Perry "My mother would always say, 'Kamala you might be the first to do a lot of things, make sure you aren't the last,'" Harris frequently said.Harris received her undergraduate degree at Howard University, where she was a Harris' long career as a prosecutor may be a boon for Biden, although critics have raised concerns about her record as a district attorney and California attorney general.

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And I agree with you when you commit yourself to the importance of finding common ground.“But I also believe — and it’s personal, and it was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two United States senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country.”That was a reference to a controversial comment Mr Biden made earlier the same month, touting his working relationship with two pro-segregation senators decades ago as proof of his ability to work constructively with the other side of politics.“At least there was some civility. It’s since been changed, and scrubbed from the piece.Ms Harris, a US Senator and former prosecutor, has long been considered the frontrunner for the vice presidential nomination.Mr Biden has explicitly promised to choose a woman, and has strongly indicated he would prefer someone who will bring racial diversity to the ticket.Other names on the rumoured shortlist are Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator Tammy Duckworth, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Representative Val Demings and former White House national security adviser Susan Rice.At a campaign event today, Mr Biden told reporters he would name his choice “the first week in August”, which would line up with the date mentioned by Politico.Despite her strong credentials, Ms Harris would be an awkward pick for a couple of reasons.Ms Harris was one of the candidates running against Mr Biden for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination earlier this year, and during that effort, she went on the attack.In one of the first debates of the Democratic primary season, “As the only black person on stage, I would like to speak on the issue of race,” she said.“There is not a black man I know, be he a relative, a friend or a co-worker, who has not been the subject of profiling or discrimination. By Amanda Terkel and Nick Visser. She is … The 2020 presidential campaign of Joe Biden began on April 25, 2019, when he released a video announcing his candidacy in the 2020 Democratic party presidential primaries. But a media error may have exposed it already.The shockingly successful Biden strategy behind his growing lead over Trump in the 2020 presidential election.US presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden. Biden, the vice president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 and a former U.S. senator from Delaware, had been the subject of widespread speculation as a potential 2020 candidate after declining to be a candidate in the 2016 election. Postal Service"Lightning siege" hits California with nearly 12,000 strikes1 dead after wedding reception in Maine linked to virus outbreakCalifornia governor asks Australia and Canada for help battling blazesRussian opposition leader in coma arrives in Berlin for treatmentFormer CIA director interviewed for 8 hours in Durham probeJack Sherman, former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist, has diedNFL's first Black team president on the team's identityGeorgia cop fired after viral video shows woman being taseredBattleground Tracker: Latest polls, state of the race and more5 things to know about CBS News' 2020 Battleground TrackerMichelle Obama closes out DNC first night with emotional speechWith more mail-in ballots, officials urge patience on election nightAmericans and the right to vote: Why it's not easy for everyoneDemocrats are happy with Biden's VP pick: CBS News pollWhy some mail-in ballots are rejected and how to make sure your vote countsWhat happens if the president doesn't accept the election results?Election Day could turn into "Election Week" with rise in mail ballots Biden picks Senator Kamala Harris as running mate Her campaign proposed a system in which people could either purchase government-administrated Medicare plans or buy Medicare plans from private companies.Although she has been criticized by some progressives for her time as attorney general, Harris has largely signed onto progressive bills while in the Senate.
That's Ms Harris has spent recent weeks relentlessly promoting Mr Biden’s candidacy. Harris would often reference her mother while on the campaign trail, attributing quotes from her mother in her speeches. The shockingly successful Biden strategy behind his growing lead over Trump in the 2020 presidential election. House approves additional $25 billion for U.S. Harris was elected district attorney in 2003 after a contentious race against Terence Hallinan, who initially recruited her to the district attorney's office. Get the latest breaking news delivered straight to your inbox.Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Along with the Congressional Black Caucus and Senator Cory Booker, she is a co-sponsor of the wide-ranging police reform bill called the "Justice In Policing Act of 2020" which passed in the House in June.Harris married Doug Emhoff in 2014.

We have to act swiftly.”Mr Biden dismissed the attack as “a mischaracterisation of my position across the board”.“If we want to have this campaign litigated on who supports civil rights, and whether I did or not, I’m happy to do that. Harris also ran for the Democratic nomination for president, but she Kamala Devi Harris was born on October 10, 1964 in Oakland, California.