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  • Trump Claims Victory After Fox News Projects He Has Won US Presidency

    Trump Claims Victory After Fox News Projects He Has Won US Presidency

    (Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump claimed victory in the 2024 presidential contest after Fox News projected that he had defeated Democrat Kamala Harris, which would cap a stunning political comeback four years after he left the White House.

    “America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate,” he said early on Wednesday to a roaring crowd of supporters at the Palm Beach County Convention Center.

    Other news outlets had yet to call the race for Trump, but he appeared on the verge of winning after capturing the battleground states of Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia and holding leads in the other four, according to Edison Research.

    Harris did not speak to her supporters, who had gathered at her alma mater Howard University. Her campaign co-chair, Cedric Richmond, briefly addressed the crowd after midnight, saying Harris would speak publicly on Wednesday.

    “We still have votes to count,” he said.

    The former president was showing strength across broad swaths of the country, improving on his 2020 performance everywhere from rural areas to urban centers.

    Republicans won a U.S. Senate majority after flipping Democratic seats in West Virginia and Ohio. Neither party appeared to have an edge in the fight for control of the House of Representatives where Republicans currently hold a narrow majority.

    Trump went into Election Day with a 50-50 chance of reclaiming the White House, a remarkable turnaround from Jan. 6, 2021, when many pundits pronounced his political career to be over. That day, a mob of his supporters stormed Congress in a violent attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

    Trump picked up more support from Hispanics, traditionally Democratic voters, and among lower-income households that have keenly felt the sting of price rises since the last presidential election in 2020, according to exit polls from Edison.

    Trump won 45% of Hispanic voters nationwide, trailing Harris with 53% but up 13 percentage points from 2020.

    About 31% of voters said the economy was their top issue, and they voted for Trump by a 79%-to-20% margin, according to exit polls. Some 45% of voters across the country said their family’s financial situation was worse off today than four years ago, and they favored Trump 80% to 17%.

    Global investors were increasingly pricing in a Trump win late on Tuesday. U.S. stock futures and the dollar pushed higher, while Treasury yields climbed and bitcoin rose – all flagged by analysts and investors as trades that favor a Trump victory.

    At Howard University, where a large watch party was being held for Harris, supporters were leaving in droves, anticipating that the vice president would not address the crowd on Tuesday night.

    Cedric Richmond, a co-chair of the Harris campaign, briefly addressed the crowd and said Harris would not speak. “We still have votes to count,” he said. “We still have states that haven’t been called yet.”

    TRUMP OUTPERFORMS 2020

    Trump was earning a bigger share of the vote than he did four years ago in nearly every corner of the country.

    By 12:30 a.m. ET, officials had nearly completed their count of ballots in more than 1,600 counties – about half the country – and Trump’s share was up about 2 percentage points compared to 2020, reflecting a broad if not especially deep shift in Americans’ support for the president they ousted four years ago.

    He improved his numbers in suburban counties, rural regions and even some large cities that are historically bastions of Democratic support; in high-income counties and low-income ones; and in places where unemployment was comparatively high and in places where it is now at record lows.

    Harris had banked on big margins among urban and suburban voters, but her support in those places was running well behind President Joe Biden’s in the 2020 election.

    Nearly three-quarters of voters said American democracy is under threat, according to the exit polls, underscoring the depth of polarization in a nation where divisions have only grown starker during a fiercely competitive race.
    Trump employed increasingly apocalyptic rhetoric while stoking unfounded fears that the election system cannot be trusted. Harris warned that a second Trump term would threaten the underpinnings of American democracy.

    Hours before polls closed, Trump claimed on his Truth Social site without evidence that there was “a lot of talk about massive CHEATING” in Philadelphia, echoing his false claims in 2020 that fraud had occurred in large, Democratic-dominated cities. In a subsequent post, he also asserted there was fraud in Detroit.

    “I don’t respond to nonsense,” Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey told Reuters.

    A Philadelphia city commissioner, Seth Bluestein, replied on X, “There is absolutely no truth to this allegation.”

    DIZZYING CAMPAIGN

    Trump voted earlier near his home in Palm Beach, Florida.

    “If I lose an election, if it’s a fair election, I’m gonna be the first one to acknowledge it,” Trump told reporters.

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk, a prominent Trump backer, watched the results at Mar-a-Lago with Trump.

    Millions of Americans waited in orderly lines to cast ballots, with only sporadic disruptions reported across a handful of states, including several non-credible bomb threats that the FBI said appeared to originate from Russian email domains.

    Tuesday’s vote capped a dizzying race churned by unprecedented events, including two assassination attempts against Trump, Biden’s surprise withdrawal and Harris’ rapid rise.

    No matter who wins, history will be made.

    Harris, 60, the first female vice president, would become the first woman, Black woman and South Asian American to win the presidency. Trump, 78, the only president to be impeached twice and the first former president to be criminally convicted, would also become the first president to win non-consecutive terms in more than a century.

  • When Will The US Election Results Be Announced?

    When Will The US Election Results Be Announced?

    (Reuters) – The U.S. presidential election will take place on Nov. 5, but the winner of the razor-thin race between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump may not be known for days after the polls close.

    As ballots are counted, one candidate may appear to be leading based on early returns, only for a rival to close the gap as more votes are tallied.

    In 2020, some states experienced a “red mirage,” in which Trump appeared to be leading on election night, before a “blue shift” saw Democrat Joe Biden overtake him, a phenomenon Trump used to amplify his false claims that the election was stolen.

    Nothing untoward had occurred. Democrats tend to live in more populous urban areas, where counting votes takes longer. Democrats also have embraced mail voting more readily than Republicans after Trump’s false claims that mail ballots are untrustworthy, and those ballots take longer to count than Election Day votes. Trump has both encouraged and criticized early and mail-in voting in 2024.

    Democrats are outpacing Republicans in mail ballots once again this year, according to an early vote tracker maintained by the University of Florida’s Election Lab, though Republicans have narrowed the gap.

    There are seven battleground states likely to decide the election, each with its own rules for handling and counting ballots. Here’s what to expect on Election Day and beyond:

    ARIZONA

    Voting by mail is extremely popular in Arizona; nearly 90% of voters cast their ballots early, most by mail, in 2020. Election officials in Arizona can begin processing and tabulating mail ballots upon receipt, but results cannot be released until one hour after polls close.

    Any mail ballots dropped off on Election Day itself cannot be processed until the polls have closed. That is often a sizable number – in 2022, those “late early” votes comprised one-fifth of all ballots in Maricopa County, the state’s largest – and can take days to count.

    The initial results on election night should be mostly early votes, which could favor Harris, before the numbers shift toward Trump as Election Day votes are tallied.

    GEORGIA

    Early in-person voting is popular in Georgia, where officials expect 65% to 70% of ballots to be cast at early poll locations. Absentee or mail ballots, which may comprise around 5% of the vote, can be processed – which includes steps such as verifying signatures – starting two weeks before the election, though workers must wait until Election Day to begin counting them.

    All early votes – in-person and mail – must be counted and reported by 8 p.m. ET (0000 GMT) on election night, according to state law, which could create a “blue mirage” in Harris’ favor at first. Officials are aiming to have all votes, including those from Election Day, tallied by midnight.

    Ballots from overseas and military voters will be accepted up to three days after the election if postmarked by Nov. 5. There were more than 21,000 such ballots requested, so an extremely close election might not be resolved until those votes are tabulated.

    MICHIGAN

    Since the 2020 election, Michigan has instituted early in-person voting for the first time and begun permitting jurisdictions with more than 5,000 people to begin processing and tabulating mail ballots eight days before Election Day. Smaller jurisdictions can do so the day before Nov. 5.

    Officials hope those changes will allow the state to report results more quickly than in 2020, when mail ballots could not be processed in advance. That created a “red mirage” on election night, when the state’s early counts of Election Day votes favored Trump. Biden eventually surpassed Trump on the strength of mail ballots, which took longer to tally. Trump falsely claimed he was the victim of fraud.

    NEVADA

    Nevada’s slow vote counting in 2020 – news outlets did not call the state for Biden until five days after Election Day – launched countless memes, but officials say changes since then should speed up the process.

    Most notably, counties were permitted to begin processing and counting mail ballots on Oct. 21. In addition, workers can start tabulating early in-person votes at 8 a.m. PT (1500 GMT) on Election Day, rather than waiting until polls close.

    But Nevada still might not get called right away. Mail voting has grown popular in the state, and it is the only battleground that accepts late-arriving mail ballots. That could also create a “blue shift” as more votes are counted.

    Any ballot postmarked by Nov. 5 will still be counted if it arrives within four days. Those late ballots historically favor Democrats, so a shift toward Harris could occur as votes are counted after Election Day.

    NORTH CAROLINA

    Election officials start processing and scanning mail ballots ahead of Election Day. After polls close, the first reported results will likely be mostly mail ballots as well as early in-person votes. Election Day votes will be counted and reported throughout the evening, with full results expected by midnight.

    Harris may appear to lead early thanks to mail ballots, while Trump could close the gap as Election Day votes are counted.

    If the election is as close as polls suggest, the outcome in North Carolina may remain unclear for a week or more. Absentee ballots that arrive on Nov. 5, as well as ballots from overseas and military voters, are tallied during the 10-day canvass period that follows Election Day. In 2020, media outlets did not call North Carolina for Trump until Nov. 13, 10 days after the election.

    PENNSYLVANIA

    Perhaps the most important battleground, Pennsylvania did not have a clear winner in 2020 for four days after Election Day, as officials sifted through a huge backlog of mail ballots. The state is among only a handful that do not permit election workers to process or tabulate mail ballots until 7 a.m. ET on Election Day, which means it will likely again take days before the outcome is known.

    With more Democrats than Republicans voting by mail, the early results – based on in-person Election Day votes – will probably show Trump ahead, but his lead will likely shrink as more mail ballots are counted.

    That pattern in 2020 prompted Trump to falsely claim fraud. This year, a new law requires most counties to announce at midnight on election night how many mail ballots remain to be counted in an effort to forestall conspiracy theories.

    WISCONSIN

    Like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin is among the few states that do not allow election officials to process or count mail ballots until the morning of the election, which means there can be a delay in reporting the results of those early votes.

    In addition, many of the state’s largest cities transport mail ballots to a centralized location for processing and tabulating. That can lead to significant batches of votes getting reported all at once in the early morning after polls close.

    In 2020, Trump and his allies falsely claimed fraud after Milwaukee, the state’s largest city, reported nearly 170,000 absentee ballots around 3:30 a.m. CT (0830 GMT), giving Biden a huge spike that moved him into the lead for the first time. But that increase was expected due to the way the city processes those ballots and the fact that Democrats were more likely to vote by mail. A similar pattern is probable in 2024.

  • What Will Decide The US Election and Why It’s So Close

    What Will Decide The US Election and Why It’s So Close

    (BBC)- Never in recent US political history has the outcome of a presidential been so in doubt – this is not a contest for the faint of heart.

    While past elections have been narrowly decided – George W Bush’s 2000 victory over Al Gore came down to a few hundred votes in Florida – there’s always been some sense of which direction the race was tilting in the final days.

    Sometimes, as in 2016, the sense is wrong. In that year, polls overestimated Hillary Clinton’s strength and failed to detect a late-breaking movement in Donald’s Trump favour.

    This time around, however, the arrows are all pointing in different directions. No-one can seriously make a prediction either way.

    A coin-toss

    Most of the final polls are well within the margin of error, both nationally and in the seven key battleground states that will decide the election.

    Based on statistics and sample sizes alone, that means either candidate could be ahead.

    It is this uncertainty that vexes political pundits and campaign strategists alike.

    There have been a smattering of surprises – not least one notable example, a recent respected survey of Republican-leaning Iowa giving Harris a shock lead.

    But the major polling averages, and the forecasting models that interpret them, all show this as a coin-toss contest.

    A clear winner is still possible

    Just because the outcome of this election is uncertain, that doesn’t mean the actual result won’t be decisive – a shift of a few percentage points either way, and a candidate could sweep all of the battleground states.

    If the voter turnout models are wrong and more women head to the polls, or more rural residents, or more disaffected young voters – that could dramatically shift the final results.

    There could also be surprises among key demographic groups.

    Will Trump really make the inroads with young black and Latino men that his campaign has predicted? Is Harris winning over a larger proportion of traditionally Republican suburban women, as her team is hoping? Are elderly voters – who reliably vote every election and tend to lean to the right – moving into the Democratic column?

    Once this election is in the rear-view mirror, we may be able to conclusively point to a reason why the winning candidate came out on top.

    Perhaps, in hindsight, the answer will be obvious. But anyone who says they know how things will turn out right now is fooling you – and themselves.

    Blue Walls and Red Walls

    In most US states the outcome of the presidential vote is all but certain. But there are seven key battleground states that will decide this election.

    Not all battleground states are created equal, however. Each candidate has a “wall” of three states that offers the most direct path to the White House.

    Harris’s so-called “blue” wall, named for the colour of the Democratic Party, stretches across Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin in the Great Lakes region. It has been the subject of much political conversation since 2016, when Trump narrowly won all three traditionally Democratic states on his way to victory.

    Joe Biden flipped these states back in 2020. If Harris can hold them, she doesn’t need any other battleground, as long as she also wins a congressional district in Nebraska (which has a slightly different system in how it awards its electoral college votes).

    That explains why she has spent the bulk of her time in these blue wall states during the campaign’s final stretch, with full days on the ground in each.

    On Monday night, she held her final rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the top of the 72 steps leading to the city’s Museum of Art, which Sylvester Stallone’s fictional boxer Rocky climbed in the film of the same name – before narrowly losing to his opponent, Apollo Creed.

    Trump’s “red wall” sits along the eastern edge of the US. It is less talked about but equally important to his electoral chances. It starts in Pennsylvania but stretches south to North Carolina and Georgia. If he carries these states, he will win by two electoral votes, no matter how the other battlegrounds vote.

    That explains why he’s held five events in North Carolina in just in the last week.

    The overlapping point on each of these walls, of course, is Pennsylvania – the biggest battleground electoral prize. Its nickname, the Keystone State, has never been more appropriate.

    America’s future in the balance

    Sometimes lost in all this electoral map strategising and gameplay is the historic significance of this presidential election.

    Harris and Trump represent two very different views of the US – on immigration, trade, cultural issues and foreign policy.

    The president for the next four years will be able to shape American government – including the federal courts – in a way that could have an impact for generations.

    The US political landscape has been changing dramatically over the past four years, reflecting shifts in the demographic make-ups of both parties.

    The Republican Party of a decade ago looked very different to the populist one that Trump now leads, which has far more appeal to blue-collar and low-income voters.

    The Democratic Party’s base still rests on young voters and people of colour, but it now relies more on the wealthy and college educated.

    Tuesday’s results may offer additional evidence of how these tectonic shifts in American politics, only partially realised over the past eight years, are reshaping the US political map.

    And those shifts could give one side or the other an advantage in future races.

    It wasn’t too long ago – in the 1970s and 1980s – that Republicans were viewed as having a unassailable lock on the presidency because they consistently won a majority in enough states to prevail in the electoral college.

    This election may be a 50-50 contest, but that doesn’t mean this is the new normal in American presidential politics.

  • How Trump Is Preparing The Ground To Challenge The US Election

    How Trump Is Preparing The Ground To Challenge The US Election

    (FRANCE 24)-History, as the saying goes, doesn’t repeat itself, but it does often rhyme. Four years after refusing to concede to Joe Biden with unproven claims of electoral fraud that culminated in the January 6 assault on the Capitol, former president Donald Trump is once again casting doubt on the US presidential election.

    Now in a close race against Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump and his allies have prepared for years to challenge the outcome if he loses, with strategies aimed at questioning election integrity on multiple fronts.

    From the outset of his campaign, Trump has focused heavily on casting doubt on the election process. During the June presidential debate, he was asked three times if he would accept the results of the 2024 election. His answer: he would only do so if the election was “fair and legal and good”.

    At his campaign rallies, Trump has urged supporters to anticipate a victory while implying that any loss would be due to corruption.

    “I’d love to win the popular vote with them cheating. Let them cheat, because that’s what they do; they do it very well, they’re very professional. But I think we have a really good chance to win the popular vote,” he told supporters at a rally in Salem, Virginia, on Saturday.

    On social media, he has amplified claims of fraud, especially in battleground states like Pennsylvania, where he recently posted allegations about “fake ballots” and other claims of supposed irregularities.

    “We caught them CHEATING BIG in Pennsylvania. Must announce and PROSECUTE, NOW!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding, “Who would have ever thought our country could be so CORRUPT?”

    This rhetoric sparked rapid responses from officials. Democratic Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro responded on X, saying, “In 2020, Donald Trump attacked our elections over and over. He’s now trying to use the same playbook to stoke chaos, but hear me on this: we will again have a free and fair, safe and secure election – and the will of the people will be respected.”

    Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Al Schmidt, a Republican, echoed this, telling CNN that any allegations of fraud were “completely and totally unfounded”. “Voters should have confidence we will have a fair election in 2024, just like we had in 2020,” Schmidt said.

    Lawsuits galore

    After Trump’s loss in 2020, his team initiated 60 court cases across multiple states to challenge the results, alleging widespread fraud, though none succeeded. This experience led Trump’s team to refine their approach for 2024. According to Olivier Richomme, an electoral law expert and professor of American history at Lyon 2 University, the strategy this time is broader and more calculated.

    “Trump has an army of lawyers, co-ordinated by his political adviser Stephen Miller,” Richomme explained. “They’ve already initiated lawsuits well ahead of the election and intend to continue afterward.”

    The Republican National Committee (RNC) filed more than 120 lawsuits in 26 states from 2020 through August this year, contesting various election rules. An RNC spokesperson claimed the party’s primary goal was to address issues in voting systems to prevent illegal ballots before Election Day.

    “Our Election Integrity operation is focused on securing transparency and fairness for every legal vote,” RNC spokesperson Claire Zunk told Reuters last month. “This ensures voters feel confident that their ballots are counted properly, which ultimately inspires voter turnout.”

    Launched in April, the Election Integrity Network is the largest initiative of its kind in US history, enlisting thousands of lawyers and volunteers to address perceived election interference. A number of high-profile conservative donors contributed over $140 million to some 50 groups working to support this effort, according to the Wall Street Journal, funding a comprehensive network for election monitoring, and extensive litigation.

    But investigations have found that voter fraud is actually quite rare. A comprehensive audit of elections in the US state of Georgia released last month found that only 20 noncitizens had tried to registered to vote out of 8.2 million registered voters; an additional 156 were flagged for further investigation. Claims that voting machines can be rigged to “flip” votes from one candidate to another have also circulated for years. But “every single” such instance is attributable to human error and not a hacked machine, according to David Becker, founder of the Center for Election Innovation and Research, in an interview with CBS News.

    Breeding distrust for future elections

    Unlike four years ago, Trump no longer holds presidential powers, which limits his influence over US institutions. Without a vice president on his side or a direct line to the attorney general, Trump’s means of challenging the election are reduced.

    However, Trump’s years of sowing doubt in the electoral process have done irreparable damage to public confidence. “The real problem is that he has planted the idea in the minds of the American people that there is a problem with electoral fraud,” Richomme said. “We’re seeing a growing part of the electorate suspicious of elections.”

    Trump’s allies within the GOP are mirroring his rhetoric, with nearly half of Republican candidates for Congress or state office publicly questioning the upcoming election’s integrity. For instance, Illinois House Representative Brian Babin recently posted on X, claiming that “Democrat counties refuse to clean up voter rolls, are counting aliens in censuses, and are using Harris’ open borders to replace US voters to hold a perpetual majority”.

    Richomme warns that this rising tide of mistrust could alter American politics well beyond this election.

    “There are more and more cases of Republican elected officials who make a habit of questioning election results. They will run for office but refuse to accept election results when they don’t go their way.”

    ‘A weakening of American democracy’

    Democrats are also gearing up for a contested election, including any premature declarations of victory from Trump. Vice President Kamala Harris announced plans for a rapid-response strategy to counter any such claims.

    “We are sadly ready if he does and, if we know that he is actually manipulating the press and attempting to manipulate the consensus of the American people … we are prepared to respond,” Harris said during an interview with ABC in late October.

    Democrats have also prepared a team of thousands of lawyers to respond to any legal challenges lodged by the Trump campaign.

    However, in the event of an actual Trump win, Democrats have signaled they would refrain from questioning the results. As Richomme points out, “It’s not in the Democrats’ tradition, and they campaigned against such actions when Trump was doing it. They’ve made it clear they believe the electoral system functions effectively.”

    Regardless of the outcome, this election will likely leave a significant impact on American democratic institutions. Richomme observes that the damage from Trump’s rhetoric may linger long after the votes are counted.

    “We are witnessing a weakening of American democracy. This erosion of confidence in the electoral system poses serious threats,” he warned.

    With Americans increasingly sceptical of the integrity of US elections, the November vote could prove a defining moment for the future of US political norms.

  • Kamala Harris Net Worth, Lifestyle, and the Glamorous World of America’s First Female Vice President

    Kamala Harris Net Worth, Lifestyle, and the Glamorous World of America’s First Female Vice President

    Kamala Harris, the 49th Vice President of the United States, has achieved remarkable success in both her political and personal life.

    With a net worth estimated at around $6 million, much of her financial standing stems from her husband, Douglas Emhoff, a prominent attorney.

    This article thoroughly explores Harris’s net worth, including her significant income sources, real estate investments, and notable awards.

    Dive into the financial and lifestyle aspects of one of America’s leading political figures.

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    Kamala Harris Net Worth and Salary

    Kamala Harris, an American politician and attorney, has a net worth of $6 million. She became Vice President of the United States in November 2020, serving with President Joe Biden.

    Most of her net worth comes from her husband, attorney Douglas Emhoff, who has earned a significant income since 2012.

    Kamala was elected to the US Senate in 2017. On August 11, 2020, Joe Biden chose her as his running mate for the 2020 election.

    They defeated Donald Trump and Mike Pence in a landslide victory, winning both the electoral college and the popular vote. Kamala made history as the first female Vice President and the first person of color in this role.

    Kamala Harris is now the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate for the upcoming election on November 5. She will run against Donald Trump, following President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the race.

    Early Life and Career

    University and earned her JD from the University of California, Hastings. Harris served as the 27th District Attorney of San Francisco from January 2004 to January 2011.

    She then became the 32nd Attorney General of California, serving from January 2011 to January 2017. In January 2017, she started her term as a United States Senator from California.

    In 2019, she announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2020 election.

    From 1990 to 1998, she worked as a deputy district attorney in Alameda County, California.

    Kamala Harris supports Medicare for all, sanctuary cities, legalizing recreational marijuana, lowering taxes for the working and middle class, and passing a DREAM Act.

    Sources of Kamala Harris Wealth

    In 2015, Kamala Harris reported a net worth of about $3.31 million, according to her Congressional finance disclosure.

    Most of this wealth came from her husband, Douglas Emhoff, a partner at DLA Piper Law Firm, focusing on entertainment and intellectual property law.

    In April 2019, Kamala released 15 years of tax returns. The returns showed that she and her husband earned around $1.9 million in 2018.

    Douglas’s law firm salary contributed about $1.4 million of this income. They paid $697,000 in taxes and donated $27,000 to charity.

    Kamala’s book, “The Truths We Hold,” earned them roughly $320,000, and her Senate salary added about $157,000.

    A 2019 financial disclosure form revealed that Kamala’s family controlled assets worth $2.5 to $6 million, with about $3 million in liabilities, mainly mortgages.

    They invested most of their liquid assets in mutual funds and retirement accounts.

    In April 2023, Doug and Kamala released their 2022 tax return, showing a total income of $456,918. They paid $93,000 in federal income tax and $17,600 in California income taxes.

    In April 2024, they released their 2023 tax return, showing a total income of $450,299. They paid $88,570 in federal income tax.

    Real Estate and Assets

    Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff own several homes with a combined estimated value of $8-10 million, before mortgage liabilities.

    In 2012, Doug bought a home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, for $2.7 million. Today, this home is worth around $5 million based on comparable neighborhood sales.

    In 2004, Kamala purchased an apartment in San Francisco for $490,000. She began serving as California’s first black District Attorney that same year. She sold this apartment in March 2021 for $860,000.

    In 2017, the year Kamala was elected to the Senate, she and Doug bought a condo in Washington, D.C., for $1.775 million.

    They listed the condo for sale in April 2021 for $1.995 million and sold it in September 2021 for $1.85 million.

    Personal Life

    Vice President Kamala Harris often talks about her role as “Momala” to her two stepchildren.

    The 59-year-old vice president, who was recently endorsed as the 2024 Democratic nominee by President Biden, married Doug Emhoff in 2014.

    This marriage made her the stepmother to Doug’s children, Cole and Ella Emhoff.

    In 2019, Kamala wrote an essay for Elle about her love for Cole and Ella. She described them as her “endless source of love and pure joy.”

    “When Doug and I got married, Cole, Ella, and I decided we didn’t like the term ‘stepmom,’” she wrote. “Instead, they came up with the name ‘Momala.’”

    She ended the essay with gratitude: “I am so thankful to Doug, to Kerstin (Doug’s ex-wife), and most of all, to Ella and Cole. I can say one thing with certainty, my heart wouldn’t be whole, nor my life full, without them.”

    Kamala Harris Net Worth, Awards and Honors

    Kamala Harris has earned several notable awards throughout her career:

    • Thurgood Marshall Award (2005): The National Black Prosecutors Association honored her for her work as a prosecuting attorney.
    • TIME 100: She has appeared on TIME’s list of the 100 most influential people three times: in 2013, 2020, and 2021.
    • Glamour Woman of the Year (2018): Glamour magazine recognized her for her leadership and contributions.
    • Congressional Space Medal of Honor: Awarded to former NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken on behalf of President Joe Biden.

    These awards reflect her significant impact in law, politics, and public service.