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Kamala Harris becomes the first female, first Black and first South Asian Vice President-Elect

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Kamala Harris, on Saturday becomes the first female, the first Black and the first South Asian Vice President-Elect. In a historic election which saw several battleground states flip for the first time in years; with mail-in-ballots pushing the Biden-Harris campaign to a projected victory taking Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, Michigan and Wisconsin.

Harris tweeted a video of herself on the phone with President-elect Joe Biden shortly after CNN projected their win.

"We did it, we did it, Joe. You're going to be the next president of the United States," she said with a signature laugh.

Harris attended Howard University, a historically Black university in Washington. Her time at Howard shaped her political vision. She served as California Senator since elected in 2017.

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