Electoral history of Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris at the official announcement of her candidacy for vice president in Wilmington, Delaware, on August 12, 2020

This is the electoral history of Kamala Harris, the 49th and former vice president of the United States (2021-2025). Kamala Harris previously served as a United States senator from California (2017–2021), the 32nd attorney general of California (2011–2017), and the 27th district attorney of San Francisco (2004–2011). A Democrat, Harris was a candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries but withdrew her candidacy on December 3, 2019, citing a lack of funds. ^{[1] [2]}

On March 8, 2020, Harris endorsed former vice president Joe Biden. ^[3] Harris was chosen by Biden to be his running mate on August 11, 2020. ^[4] Biden and Harris went on to win the 2020 general election. On January 20, 2021, Harris became the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well as the first Asian American Vice President of the United States. ^[5] Harris was the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2024 election following Biden's withdrawal from the race. ^[6] She lost the general election to Donald Trump.

San Francisco District Attorney elections

2003

San Francisco District Attorney primary election, 2003 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Terence Hallinan (incumbent)	70,580	35.9
	Nonpartisan	Kamala Harris	66,248	33.7
	Nonpartisan	Bill Fazio	59,834	30.4
Total votes			196,662	100.0

San Francisco District Attorney runoff election, 2003 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Kamala Harris	137,111	56.5
	Nonpartisan	Terence Hallinan (incumbent)	105,617	43.5
Total votes			242,728	100.0

2007

San Francisco District Attorney election, 2007 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Kamala Harris (incumbent)	114,561	98.5
	Nonpartisan	Write-in	1,744	1.5
Total votes			116,305	100.0

California Attorney General elections

2010

Map of county results from the 2010 California Attorney General election.
Harris:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Cooley:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

California Attorney General primary election, 2010 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kamala Harris	762,995	33.6
	Democratic	Alberto Torrico	354,792	15.6
	Democratic	Chris Kelly	350,757	15.5
	Democratic	Ted Lieu	237,618	10.5
	Democratic	Pedro Nava	222,941	9.7
	Democratic	Rocky Delgadillo	219,494	9.6
	Democratic	Mike Schmier	127,291	5.5
Total votes			2,275,888	100.0

California Attorney General election, 2010 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kamala Harris	4,442,781	46.1%	−10.2%
	Republican	Steve Cooley	4,368,624	45.3%	+7.2%
	Green	Peter Allen	258,879	2.7%	+0.4%
	Libertarian	Timothy J. Hannan	246,583	2.6%	+0.5%
	American Independent	Diane Beall Templin	169,993	1.8%	N/A
	Peace and Freedom	Robert J. Evans	160,416	1.7%	+0.5%
Total votes			9,647,276	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2014

Map of county results from the 2014 California Attorney General election.
Harris:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Gold:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

California Attorney General primary election, 2014 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kamala Harris (incumbent)	2,177,480	53.2
	Republican	Ronald Gold	504,091	12.3
	Republican	Phil Wyman	479,468	11.7
	Republican	David King	368,190	9.0
	Republican	John Haggerty	336,433	8.2
	No party preference	Orly Taitz	130,451	3.2
	Libertarian	Jonathan Jaech	99,056	2.4
Total votes			4,095,169	100.0

California Attorney General election, 2014 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kamala Harris (incumbent)	4,102,649	57.5
	Republican	Ronald Gold	3,033,476	42.5
Total votes			7,136,125	100.0%

United States Senate elections

2016

Results of the 2016 U.S. senatorial primary election in California held on June 7:

  Harris—>70%

  Harris—60–70%

  Harris—50–60%

  Harris—40–50%

  Harris—30–40%

  Harris—20–30%

  Harris—10–20%

  Sanchez—10–20%

  Sanchez—20–30%

  Sanchez—30–40%

United States Senate primary election in California, 2016 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kamala Harris	3,000,689	39.9%
	Democratic	Loretta Sanchez	1,416,203	18.9%
	Republican	Duf Sundheim	584,251	7.8%
	Republican	Phil Wyman	352,821	4.7%
	Republican	Tom Del Beccaro	323,614	4.3%
	Republican	Greg Conlon	230,944	3.1%
	Democratic	Steve Stokes	168,805	2.2%
	Republican	George C. Yang	112,055	1.5%
	Republican	Karen Roseberry	110,557	1.5%
	Libertarian	Gail K. Lightfoot	99,761	1.3%
	Democratic	Massie Munroe	98,150	1.3%
	Green	Pamela Elizondo	95,677	1.3%
	Republican	Tom Palzer	93,263	1.2%
	Republican	Ron Unz	92,325	1.2%
	Republican	Don Krampe	69,635	0.9%
	No party preference	Eleanor García	65,084	0.9%
	Republican	Jarrell Williamson	64,120	0.9%
	Republican	Von Hougo	63,609	0.8%
	Democratic	President Cristina Grappo	63,330	0.8%
	No party preference	Jerry J. Laws	53,023	0.7%
	Libertarian	Mark Matthew Herd	41,344	0.6%
	Peace and Freedom	John Thompson Parker	35,998	0.5%
	No party preference	Ling Ling Shi	35,196	0.5%
	Democratic	Herbert G. Peters	32,638	0.4%
	Democratic	Emory Peretz Rodgers	31,485	0.4%
	No party preference	Mike Beitiks	31,450	0.4%
	No party preference	Clive Grey	29,418	0.4%
	No party preference	Jason Hanania	27,715	0.4%
	No party preference	Paul Merritt	24,031	0.3%
	No party preference	Jason Kraus	19,318	0.3%
	No party preference	Don J. Grundmann	15,317	0.2%
	No party preference	Scott A. Vineberg	11,843	0.2%
	No party preference	Tim Gildersleeve	9,798	0.1%
	No party preference	Gar Myers	8,726	0.1%
	Republican	Billy Falling (write-in)	87	0.0%
	No party preference	Ric M. Llewellyn (write-in)	32	0.0%
	Republican	Alexis Stuart (write-in)	10	0.0%
Total votes			7,512,322	100.0%

United States Senate election in California, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kamala Harris	7,542,753	61.6%
	Democratic	Loretta Sanchez	4,701,417	38.4%
Total votes			12,244,170	100.0%

Presidential elections

2020

See also: Kamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign and Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign

Nomination

2020 Democratic National Convention, vice presidential tally ^[15]

Candidate		Votes	%
Kamala Harris		_ [a]	100.00
Total votes			100.00

General election

Electoral college map of the 2020 election

Electoral results

Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote		Electoral vote	Running mate
			Count	Percentage		Vice-presidential candidate	Home state	Electoral vote
Joe Biden	Democratic	Delaware	81,283,501	51.31%	306	Kamala Harris	California	306
Donald Trump (incumbent)	Republican	Florida	74,223,975	46.85%	232	Mike Pence (incumbent)	Indiana	232
Jo Jorgensen	Libertarian	South Carolina	1,865,535	1.18%	0	Spike Cohen	South Carolina	0
Howie Hawkins	Green	New York	407,068	0.26%	0	Angela Nicole Walker	South Carolina	0
Other			649,552	0.41%	—	Other		—
Total			158,429,631	100%	538			538
Needed to win					270			270

2024

See also: Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign

Nomination

2024 Democratic National Convention, presidential tally

Candidate		Votes	%
Kamala Harris		4,567	97.21
Abstention		131	2.79
Total votes		4,698	100.00

General election

Electoral college map of the 2024 election

Electoral results

Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote		Electoral vote	Running mate
			Count	Percentage		Vice-presidential candidate	Home state	Electoral vote
Donald Trump	Republican	Florida	77,236,275	49.9%	312	JD Vance	Ohio	312
Kamala Harris	Democratic	California	74,938,474	48.4%	226	Tim Walz	Minnesota	226
Jill Stein	Green	Massachusetts	782,068	0.5%	0	Butch Ware	California	0
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.	Independent	New York	755,018	0.5%	0	Nicole Shanahan	California	0
Other					—	Other		—
Total				100%	538			538
Needed to win					270			270

Explanatory notes

1. Chosen by acclamation.

See also

• Electoral history of Joe Biden
• Electoral history of Barack Obama
• Electoral history of Hillary Clinton
• Electoral history of Al Gore
• Electoral history of John McCain
• Electoral history of Donald Trump
• Electoral history of Bernie Sanders
• Electoral history of Mitt Romney
• Electoral history of Sarah Palin
• Electoral history of Mike Pence

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