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Graduates University
Harris graduated from Howard in 1986 with a degree in political science and economics. Harris then returned to California to attend law school at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law through its Legal Education Opportunity Program -
Became District Attorney of San Francisco
In 2003, Kamala became the District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco. Among her achievements as District Attorney, Harris started a program that gives first-time drug offenders the chance to earn a high school diploma and find employment. Having completed two terms as the District Attorney of San Francisco, Kamala was elected as the first African-American and first woman to serve as California's Attorney General. -
Beat a 25 Billion dollar settlement
Over the course of her nearly two terms in office, Kamala won a $25-billion settlement for California homeowners hit by the foreclosure crisis, defended California’s landmark climate change law, protected the Affordable Care Act, helped win marriage equality for all Californians, and prosecuted transnational gangs that trafficked in guns, drugs, and human beings. -
Harris Defeats Loretta Sanchez For Senate
State Attorney General Kamala Harris beat fellow Democrat Rep. Loretta Sanchez, a 10-term member of Congress, in the race for California’s first open Senate seat in a generation, but Democrats nationally appeared they would fall short of their effort to recapture the Senate. -
Harris Elected First Female Vice President
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., has become the first woman to earn the title of vice president-elect after NBC News projected former Vice President Joe Biden to be the president-elect on Saturday
