Tag: Barbara Boxer

  • Kamala Harris sworn in as first Indian American senator and California’s first black senator The Los Angeles Times 2017-01-03 Sara D. Wire, Congressional Delegation Reporter Before friends and family in a packed chamber, Kamala Harris was sworn in as California’s newest U.S. senator Tuesday morning. She became the first black woman the Golden State has…

  • Kamala Harris, California’s Attorney General, Leaps to Forefront of Senate Race The New York Times 2015-03-27 Adam Nagourney, Los Angeles Bureau Chief CASTAIC, Calif. — When Kamala D. Harris, a Democrat, was the newly elected district attorney of San Francisco in 2004, she walked into a firestorm after deciding not to pursue the death penalty…

  • California Attorney General Announces Run for Senate The New York Times 2015-01-13 Adam Nagourney, Los Angeles Bureau Chief Kamala Harris Makes Bid for Barbara Boxer’s Old Seat LOS ANGELES — No exploratory committees here: Kamala D. Harris, the California attorney general, announced on Tuesday she was running for the Senate seat that is opening up…