California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris on Wednesday (Nov 9) scripted history as she won the US Senate seat from the state, becoming the first Indian-American to achieve the feat.
Harris, 51, 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.
She is the first black woman elected to the upper chamber in more than two decades. Read more: https://goo.gl/0Dox5d
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