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  • Willie Brown Jr. daterad Kamala Harris från till . Åldersskillnaden var 30 år, 7 månader och 0 dagar.

Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris

Kamala Devi Harris, född 20 oktober 1964 i Oakland i Kalifornien, är en amerikansk demokratisk politiker och jurist, som var USA:s vicepresident i president Joe Bidens kabinett 2021–2025. Dessförinnan var hon ledamot av USA:s senat från 2017 till 2021. Hon är den första kvinnliga vicepresidenten i USA:s historia, den första afroamerikanska vicepresidenten samt den första vicepresidenten med indiskt ursprung. Harris arbetade som åklagare 2004–2011 och därefter som delstaten Kaliforniens attorney general 2011–2017. Hon var Demokratiska partiets presidentkandidat inför det amerikanska presidentvalet 2024, då som den andra kvinnan (efter Hillary Clinton 2016) och den andra afroamerikanen i USA:s historia (efter Barack Obama 2008 och 2012).

Den 8 november 2016 vann Harris senatsvalet i Kalifornien med 61,6 procent av rösterna mot demokraten Loretta Sanchez, som fick 38,4 procent av rösterna. Hon blev därmed den andra afroamerikanska kvinnan samt den första sydasiatiska amerikanen i USA:s senat. Som senator har hon mestadels motsatt sig tidigare presidenten Donald Trumps politik.

Harris kandiderade för Demokraternas nominering till USA:s president i valet 2020 men avslutade sin kampanj den 3 december 2019. Den 11 augusti 2020 utsåg Demokraternas presidentkandidat Joe Biden Harris till sin vicepresidentkandidat. De vann tillsammans valet 3 november 2020, efter att ha besegrat den sittande presidenten Donald Trump och den sittande vicepresidenten Mike Pence. Den 20 januari 2021 blev hon insvuren som vicepresident.

Efter att Biden i ett sent skede avstått omval 2024 blev Harris Demokraternas presidentkandidat, utan sedvanlig primärvalsprocess. Hon förlorade dock presidentvalet till sin motståndare från det republikanska partiet, Donald Trump.

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Willie Brown Jr.

Willie Brown Jr.

Willie Lewis Brown Jr. (born March 20, 1934) is an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as mayor of San Francisco from 1996 to 2004 as the first African American to hold the office.

Born in Mineola, Texas, where he graduated from high school, Brown moved to San Francisco in 1951. He graduated from San Francisco State University in 1955 and earned a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1958, after which he began his career as an attorney and was involved in the civil rights movement. He was elected to the California Assembly in 1964, gaining popularity in San Francisco as one of the country's most powerful state legislators. As a legislator, Brown earned a reputation as a supporter of civil rights of gays and lesbians, and was able to manage colleagues and maintain party discipline. He served as the speaker of the California State Assembly from 1980 to 1995. His long tenure and powerful position were used as a focal point of the California ballot proposition limiting the terms of state legislators that passed in 1990. During the last of his three allowed post-initiative terms, Brown maintained control of the Assembly despite a slim Republican majority. Near the end of his final term, he decided to run for mayor of San Francisco.

During Brown's tenure as mayor of San Francisco, the city's budget was expanded, and real estate development, public works, city beautification, and other city projects saw a significant increase. Brown presided over the "dot-com" era at a time when San Francisco's economy was rapidly expanding. His administration included more Asian-Americans, women, Latinos, gays and African Americans than the administrations of his predecessors. Brown was reelected in 1999, but term limits prevented him from running for a third term, and he was succeeded by his political protégé Gavin Newsom. San Francisco Chronicle called Brown "one of San Francisco's most notable mayors", adding that he had "celebrity beyond the city's boundaries." He retired from politics after leaving the office in 2004, published an autobiography, and continued to fundraise and advise politicians.

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