kamala harris is projected to become the first woman, person of colour and of asian descent to hold the position of vice president-elect.
harris and her running mate, president-elect joe biden, look set to take up residence in the white house, with a projected 290 electoral college votes so far. georgia, north carolina and alaska have yet to declare winners, but the democratic ticket has surpassed the 270 votes needed to win.
us president donald trump has not conceded the election and said in a statement on saturday that “biden is rushing to falsely pose as the winner”. the trump campaign has filed several lawsuits to challenge poll outcomes across the us and the president said more will come on monday.
“this election is about so much more than @joebiden or me,” harris said on twitter. “it’s about the soul of america and our willingness to fight for it. we have a lot of work ahead of us. let’s get started.”
she also shared a brief video of her call with biden after the announcement. “you’re going to be the next president of the united states,” she said.
harris, a first-term senator from california, comes from a family of immigrants. her mother was shyamala gopalan, an indian who came to the us to work as a biologist and researcher. her father, donald j harris, came from jamaica to study at stanford university, where he received a phd in economics.
that makes harris, who was already the first black woman from california to serve in the senate, the first female, black and indian person to hold the office.
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