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Kamala Harris, Once a Presidential Candidate, Returns to Race

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   U.S. Senator Kamala Harris is trying to become the first woman elected
   as the country's vice president after presumptive Democratic
   presidential nominee Joe Biden selected her as his running mate.

   The child of a father from Jamaica and a mother from India, both of
   whom immigrated to the United States, Harris is already the first Black
   woman and first South Asian American to be part of a U.S. presidential
   ticket.

   The 55-year-old's resume includes being the first Black attorney
   general of the state of California as well as the first woman to hold
   the job. Her 2016 election to a U.S. Senate seat representing
   California made her the first woman of South Asian heritage to do so.

   Harris herself wanted to be in Biden's position as the Democrat seeking
   to deny President Donald Trump another term and put the White House
   back in Democratic hands.

   Her campaign had a strong start, with 20,000 people attending her
   kickoff rally in her hometown of Oakland, California. In early July
   2019, she trailed only Biden in public opinion polls afterdrawing
   praise for her performance in one of the early debates against the
   then-large field of Democratic candidates.

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