Kamala Harris, 1st Indian-American in Senate, potential presidential candidate for 2020

Kamala Harris, the first Indian- American to be elected to the US Senate, is a potential Democratic presidential candidate for 2020 elections, a leading American newspaper said today.

Harris, 51, whose mother was from Chennai and father from Jamaica, is one among the six Democratic leaders, whom The Washington Post said are the top contenders to bag the party’s nomination for the 2020 presidential elections.

Interestingly four of these are women. The other three being outgoing First Lady Michelle Obama, Senator Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand from New York.

Other two potential Democratic presidential candidates according to the US daily are Senator Cory Booker from New Jersey and Governor John Hickenlooper from Colorado. Read more...