Daughter of Dr Shyamala Gopalan, a renowned breast cancer specialist, and Donald Harris, an African American, who later became a Stanford economics professor, Harris was considered as a candidate at ease with different groups.

Harris led an aggressive campaign against two-time DA Hallinan accusing him of being soft on crimes. She pointed out to voters that, during his time, crime rate has gone up and conviction rates down.

Harris promised to tackle the crime scenario vigorously and protect people from violence. Her promise of justice without fear or favour to all got her endorsements from almost all major newspapers, including the San Francisco Chronicle.

An excited Kamala and her supporters watch the poll results come in online.

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