The Kamala Harris candidacy (behind the Joe Biden resigns) bothers some Americans. For being a woman, black, liberal and born on the California coast. Also for laughing out loud in public like her mother did (she confessed in an interview). People find her “too excited“notes the director of the Campbell Institute of Public Affairs and professor of Political Science at Syracuse University, Grant Reeher. (Would they say the same if I were a man?)

Harris was clear from the beginning. In 2019when launched the presidential racecriticized Joe Biden for not being progressive enough. Even so, he chose her to share his ticket and, five years later, he has given her the leadership of the Democrats. The truth is that experts point out that the replacement hides economic motives related to the Direct donations to the campaign: With Biden gone, only a candidacy with Kamala could benefit from them.

For the moment, his name has the collections have skyrocketed of a democratic party that was collecting a quarter of the money he expected: In seven hours, it has mobilized 47 million dollars from small donorsIt remains to be seen whether this increase in funding will translate into greater popularity in the presidential race. Until now, Kamala enjoyed slightly more support than Biden, but was still behind Trump. However, experts believe that her figure has been in Biden’s shadow, appearing in public only when he could not.

His career to the Vice Presidency

Still, Harris has managed to address issues such as the abortion and the Border migration policy asfirst woman in the Vice Presidency of the United States. But before that, she was the first black district attorney, the first attorney general in California history, and the first Indian-American to serve in the Senate.

As a career he chose Political Science and Economics in the Howard University to specialise in crime fighting. He later graduated in Law (1989) from Hastings College.

During his university years he was associated with Alpha Kappa Alphathe oldest black sorority in the United States, which is said to have supported him in his political career through donations.

From 2004 to 2011 he was district attorney in San Francisco and from 2004 to 2017 he served as attorney general of California.

The sstop national politics He gave it in 2012, when he gave a memorable speech at the Democratic National Convention as California’s attorney general. In the years that followed, she outlined her priorities: immigration reform, criminal justice, minimum wage increases, and protection of women’s reproductive rights.

In 2015 he materialized all this in his candidacy and in 2016 she became the second black woman and the first of Indian origin to win a Senate seat from the country

He immediately stood out for his incisive questions to officials of the Republican Administration. Donald Trump (2017-2021) during the hearings. Especially in the session where he addressed the US Attorney General, Jeff Sessionswho was testifying before the intelligence committee about alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

So he decided to start a race for the Democratic presidency, starring in great debates against Joe Biden. But the lack of funds finally caused his withdrawal. Still, he did not let anyone speak out about social justice issues at a time when some questioned his work as attorney general in the wake of the death of George Floyd in May 2020.

Finally, Biden broke a lance in her favor in August 2020, when he chose her as a companion of candidacy. Harris beat out other candidates such as former National Security Advisor Susan Rice and Senator Elizabeth Warren, who were on the short list.

His origins

Activism runs in her family. At lunch and dinner in her home, she talked about social justice and improving people’s lives. father (Donald Harris)Jamaican, was a professor and economist at Stanford University. His mother (Shyamala Gopalan), daughter of an Indian diplomat, was cancer researcher from India. She is one of the people Kamala has repeatedly mentioned in her speeches.

Each of these statements has been closely followed by her younger sister, Maya. A law graduate, she has also become a fervent advocate for public policies and has even helped her older sister in campaigns. As for religion, both grew up going to a black baptist church and even hindu temple.

In 2014, Kamala married the lawyer Douglas Emhoffwhom he had met on a blind date and is the ex-partner of film producer Kerstin Emhoff with whom he has two children. In fact, one of them, Ella Emhoff, is a fashion icon who has created a clothing brand. She has such a good relationship with both of them that they nickname her a mix of her name and her mother, Momala.

But her name for the rest of us is Kamala. With the accent on the first syllable (as she herself has made clear), although more than one person is reluctant to pronounce it correctly. This could be the name of the first female president of the United States.