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Kamala Harris, the 54-year-old former prosecutor and current junior US Senator from California announced in early 2019 she was running as a Democratic candidate for president.
Harris entered a crowded field: There are already at least 10 major Democratic candidates seeking the party's 2020 nomination, and a few of the highest-profile potential candidates - including former Vice President Joe Biden, US Senator Bernie Sanders, and billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg - haven't officially announced if they too are running.
Alongside the large field of contenders, Kamala Harris's hurdles to winning the nomination include her short track in national politics. She has only been a Senator since 2016 after all. But Harris's national profile is clearly on the upswing, thanks in part to her relentless criticism of President Donald Trump's character and Trump administration policies, and her tough interrogation of Kavanaugh and Trump appointees such as former Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
A high-achieving multiracial lawyer born to two immigrant parents, Harris is one of several rising Democrats sometimes characterized as the “next Barack Obama.” Kamala Harris has also quickly proven to be a formidable fundraiser, raking in state attorney general in 2010. In 2016, Harris ran for US Senate, and her victory made her the first South Asian-American and second-ever African-American woman to hold the post.
As for her personal life, Kamala Harris married Douglas Emhoff in 2014 in a courthouse ceremony officiated by her sister Maya. Emhoff is an attorney and partner at DLA Piper, a global law firm, and he specializes in entertainment and intellectual property law. Harris has had no children of her own, but has been a stepmother to her husband's children from a previous marriage, Cole and Emma, who call her "S-Mamala."
Kamala Harris's net worth as of 2016 was estimated at roughly ittee) money, to send the message that she will not be beholden to corporate interests, and 92% of her campaign contributions have come from individual donors.
Kamala Harris on Taxes, Health Care, and Other Issues
Like most Democratic candidates for president, Kamala Harris has been an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump's policies and character. In her 2017 commencement address at her alma mater, Howard University, Harris did not mention Donald Trump's name but clearly had him in mind while expressing grave concerns about the students graduating at “a time when throwing millions of working people off their health insurance to give tax breaks to the top 1% is considered a victory to some. A time when we worry that a late-night tweet could start a war. A time when we no longer believe the words of some of our leaders, and where the very integrity of our justice system has been called into question.”
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She has also been a strong supporter of the Medicare for All bill, the plan most closely associated with Bernie Sanders that would guarantee universal health care for everyone regardless of their ability to pay for coverage. “I believe that health care should be a right, but the reality is that it is still a privilege in this country. We need that to change,”Harris wrote in a December 2018 New York Times op-ed.
After announcing her run for president, Harris reiterated her support of universal health care, and has strongly implied that eliminating private health insurance would be part of making it happen. "I believe the solution - and I actually feel very strongly about this - is that we need to have Medicare-for-all," Kamala Harris said in a CNN town hall event in late January. "That's just the bottom line."
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