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This is the electoral history of Kamala Harris, the 49th and current vice president of the United States. She 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 would become first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well as the first African American, and first Asian American Vice President of the United States. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Kamala Harris | 137,111 | 56.5 | |
Nonpartisan | Terence Hallinan (incumbent) | 105,617 | 43.5 | |
Total votes | 242,728 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Kamala Harris (incumbent) | 114,561 | 98.5 | |
Nonpartisan | Write-in | 1,744 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 116,305 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kamala Harris (incumbent) | 4,102,649 | 57.5 | |
Republican | Ronald Gold | 3,033,476 | 42.5 | |
Total votes | 7,136,125 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kamala Harris | 7,542,753 | 61.6% | |
Democratic | Loretta Sanchez | 4,701,417 | 38.4% | |
Total votes | 12,244,170 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kamala Harris | _ [15] | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Joe Biden / Kamala Harris | 81,282,896 | 51.31% | ||
Republican | Donald Trump / Mike Pence (incumbents) | 74,222,484 | 46.86% | ||
Libertarian | Jo Jorgensen / Spike Cohen | 1,865,620 | 1.18% | ||
Green | Howie Hawkins / Angela Walker | 404,021 | 0.26% | ||
N/A | Other | 626,210 | 0.40% | ||
Total votes | 158,381,459 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic gain from Republican |
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