Updated: November 8, 2020 12:35:46 am
Democrat Kamala Harris becomes the first woman elected president of the United States. (Photo: Jenna Schoenefeld / The New York Times)
Democrat Kamala Harris made history on Saturday by becoming America’s first woman, first black, and first Indian-American vice president-elect.
The California senator, who is also the first person of South Asian descent to be elected to the vice presidency, will become the highest-ranking woman to serve in government four years after Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton. Follow LIVE updates of the US elections.
Shortly after winning the election, Harris shared a video of his call congratulating Joe Biden after the United States presidential election was called for the Democratic candidate. In the phone conversation, she said, “We did it Joe! You’re going to be the next president of the United States. “
We did it, @Joe Biden. pic.twitter.com/oCgeylsjB4
– Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 7, 2020
He posted another video on Twitter saying: “This choice is so much more than @JoeBiden or me. It is about the soul of America and our willingness to fight for it. We have a lot of work ahead of us. Let us begin.”
This choice is much more than @Joe Biden or me. It is about the soul of America and our willingness to fight for it. We have a lot of work ahead of us. Let us begin.pic.twitter.com/Bb9JZpggLN
– Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 7, 2020
Harris’s husband, Douglas Emhoff, shared a heartfelt congratulatory photo saying ‘so proud of you’.
I am so proud of you. ❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/Orb1ISe0dU
– Doug Emhoff (@DouglasEmhoff) November 7, 2020
Harris has been a rising star in Democratic politics for much of the past two decades, serving as a San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general before becoming a United States senator. After Harris ended his own 2020 Democratic presidential campaign, Biden chose her as his running mate. They will be sworn in as president and vice president on January 20.
Harris was born in 1964 to two parents active in the civil rights movement. Shyamala Gopalan from India and Donald Harris from Jamaica met at the University of California at Berkeley, then a hotbed of 1960s activism.
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