Kamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign

The 2020 presidential campaign of Kamala Harris, a United States senator from California from January 2017 to 2021, officially began on January 21, 2019, with an announcement on Good Morning America. Harris had widely been considered a "high profile" candidate for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries since 2016.

Kamala Harris for the People
Campaign2020 United States presidential election (Democratic Party primaries)
Candidate
AffiliationDemocratic Party
StatusSuspended; became running mate on August 11, 2020
AnnouncedJanuary 21, 2019
LaunchedJanuary 27, 2019
SuspendedDecember 3, 2019
Headquarters
Key people
  • Maya Harris (campaign chair)
  • Juan Rodriguez (campaign manager)
ReceiptsUS$40,884,095.73 (12/31/2019)
SloganFor the People
Website
www.kamalaharris.org
This article is part of
a series about
Kamala Harris
District Attorney of San Francisco
Attorney General of California
U.S. Senator from California
49th Vice President of the United States
Incumbent
Vice presidential campaigns
Published works
  • Smart on Crime
  • Superheroes Are Everywhere
  • The Truths We Hold

Citing a lack of funds, Harris officially withdrew her candidacy on December 3, 2019.

On March 8, 2020, Harris endorsed former vice president Joe Biden. Harris was chosen by Biden to be his running mate on August 11, 2020. Biden and Harris would go on to win the general election and she would become the first female vice president of the United States.

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