TEHRAN, Jan 22 - Democrat senator Kamala Harris entered US 2020 presidential Marathon to become the first black female president of the country.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - The second black female senator in US history launched her campaign on Monday the race with her vow being "stand up and fight for the best of who we are".
Having a Jamaican father and Indian mother who were active in the civil rights movement, senator Kamala Harris grew up in Oakland, California.
She, then, came to prominence as San Francisco district attorney and in 2010, became California's attorney general.
Six years later she was elected to the Senate just as the second black woman ever to serve in the chamber.
In her two years in the Senate, she has brought a prosecutor's sharpness to the questioning of Donald Trump's nominees on the Senate Judiciary Committee, such as Brett Kavanaugh.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, also said Tuesday January 16 that she will run for president in the 2020 campaign. Gillbrand, 52, said on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” that she is launching an exploratory committee.
US Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts on Dec. 31 announced she had formed an exploratory committee for a White House run in what is expected to be a crowded Democratic primary field before the November 2020 presidential election.
Democratic US Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii said in remarks aired by CNN on Friday that she will run for president in 2020, becoming the latest member of her party to pursue a challenge to Republican President Donald Trump.
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