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Senate Homeland Security Committee Member Harris to Run for President

By Vivienne Machi

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019

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Senate Homeland Security Committee Member Harris to Run for President

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) announced her plan to run for president in 2020 on Jan. 21. (Photo: Sen. Kamala Harris)

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) yesterday revealed her decision to run for president in 2020, becoming the fourth female lawmaker to seek the Democratic nomination. A member of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, Harris, 54, made her official announcement Jan. 21 during an interview with ABC. She has served in the upper chamber since 2017, and previously served as California’s attorney general from 2011 to 2017. She has sat on the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight…

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