Historic Win: Indian-American Kamala Harris wins US Senate seat from California

New York, November 09, 2016: Kamala Harris who is California's Attorney General, on Wednesday made history as she won the US Senate seat from the state. This makes her the first Indian-American to reach the feat.

Apart from that, 51-year-old Harris, who defeated fellow Democrat Loretta Sanchez, is also the sixth black individual to be elected to the US Senate. US President Barack Obama was the fifth black elected Senator.

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Kamala was born in Oakland, California. Her mother Shyamala Gopalan came from Chennai to United States, to study science, specifically endocrinology and complex mechanisms of cancer, mentioned PTI.

Harris' father Donald grew up in Jamaica, where he became a national scholar and earned the opportunity to study economics.

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A two-term Attorney General of California, Harris defeated L Sancez from her own party.

She would replace Barbara Boxer who announced her retirement in 2014 after serving more than two decades in the Senate.

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"Kamala will take the oath of office as California's next Senator on January 3, 2017," said the office of the Senate elect, mentioned PTI.

Described by former US President Obama as "fearless", Harris may push for strong India-US ties. Considered to be protege of Barack Obama, she is expected to be a fierce advocate of India and US relationship.

-prepared by NewsGram with inputs from PTI

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Historic Win: Indian-American Kamala Harris wins US Senate seat from California

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