Attorney and prosecutor elected California Attorney General in 2010. Progressive Democrat; generally anti-death penalty, pro-gay rights.
During her bid for San Francisco District Attorney in 2003, Harris was fined for violating city campaign finance laws, exceeding a mandated campaign spending cap. She appeared before the city's ethics commission again in 2005, after sending out mailers on her own campaign letterhead to solicit donations for Phil Ting for assessor.
[1] African-, Asian-, and Indian-American.
Father: Donald Harris (Stanford economist)
Mother: Shyamala Gopalan Harris (breast cancer researcher)
Sister: Maya Lakshmi Harris (attorney)
Boyfriend: Willie Brown (Mayor of San Francisco, ex-)
Boyfriend: Phil Bronstein (San Francisco Chronicle editor, together 2004)
University: BS, Howard University (1986)
Law School: JD, Hastings College of the Law (1989)
US Vice President (2021-)
US Senator, California (2017-21)
Attorney General of California (2011-17)
California State Official District Attorney, San Francisco (2003-11)
California State Official Deputy City Attorney, San Francisco (2000-03)
California State Official San Francisco DA's Office, Career Criminal Unit Mgr (1998-2000)
California State Official Deputy District Attorney, Alameda (1990-98)
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Aspen Institute Fellow
California District Attorneys Association
Democratic National Committee
John Kerry for President
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Co-Chair
Leakey Foundation Advisor to the Board of Trustees
National District Attorneys Association Board of Directors
Obama for America
San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards Committee
San Francisco Bar Association Board of Directors
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Children's mentor
Champion of Freedom 1-Jun-2015
Campaign Finance Violation
Wedding: Jerry Brown and Anne Gust (2005)
Jamaican Ancestry Paternal
Tamil Ancestry Maternal
Official Website:
http://oag.ca.gov/
Author of books:
Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer (2009, non-fiction)
AKA Kamala Devi Harris