Kamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Kamala Harris For The People

Campaign	2020 United States presidential election (Democratic Party primaries)
Candidate	Kamala Harris U.S. Senator from California (2017–2021)
Affiliation	Democratic Party
Status	Announced January 21, 2019 Suspended December 3, 2019
Headquarters	Baltimore, Maryland
Key people	Maya Harris (campaign manager)
Slogan	For The People

The 2020 presidential campaign of Kamala Harris, the junior United States Senator from California, announced her candidacy on January 21, 2019. Harris has been discussed throughout 2018 and 2019 as a potential top contender for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president.

Harris was the fifth office-holding Democrat to formally announce a campaign in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, joining former Congressman John Delaney, former West Virginia State Sen. Richard Ojeda, Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, and former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro.

If elected, Harris would have become the first female and Asian American to ever become President of the United States. Harris was the third black woman to seek the Democratic nomination for president, the first two being Shirley Chisholm and Carol Moseley Braun.

Campaign headquarters was in Baltimore, Maryland, with a second office in Oakland, California.

Harris ended her campaign on December 3, 2019 after falling low in poll numbers and campaign money raised.

Images for kids

Harris at the California Democrats State Convention in 2019
Harris in Iowa on August 10, 2019
Harris visits King Elementary School in Des Moines, Iowa, on October 7, 2019.
A Shirley Chisholm button, whose typography Harris paid tribute to in her campaign
On August 12, 2020, Biden appeared for the first time with Harris since announcing her candidacy.