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Indian American woman fighting for US District Attorney
Silicon Valley (US), Dec 09: After Bobby Jindal`s unsuccessful bid for Louisiana governorship, another Indian American is fighting to become San Francisco`s District Attorney in a nationally watched election set for today.
Silicon Valley (US), Dec 09: After Bobby Jindal's
unsuccessful bid for Louisiana governorship, another Indian
American is fighting to become San Francisco's District
Attorney in a nationally watched election set for today.
Kamala Harris, 39, a lawyer by profession is likely to
become the first Indian American woman in the US to land a top
prosecutor's job.
A recent poll showed Harris maintaining a
slight edge. Among 505 certain voters surveyed last week, 52
per cent said they supported Harris to Terrence Hallinan's 47
per cent. Hallinan's camp said the incumbent has never polled
well but has a strong record on election day.
Harris, daughter of an Indian mother and a Jamaican
father, had been a relative unknown at the outset of the
campaign and published polling numbers never showed her above
19 per cent. However, she surprised many when she got 33 per
cent of votes at the Nov 4 election coming second to incumbent
Hallinan and edging out Bill Fazio by about 5,000 votes.
Harris has run her campaign on a platform critical of
Hallinan's low conviction rate, and promised an aggressive
prosecution of violent crimes, especially sexual exploitation
and domestic violence against women and children.
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