Spotted: Kamala Harris announcing '07 San Francisco Bay spill‎ settlement

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California Attorney General Kamala Harris was spotted at a news conference in Treasure Island, Califorina today. Along with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar she announced that the companies responsible for the 2007 oil spill in San Francisco Bay have agreed to pay the government $44.4 million for the cleanup costs. ~ Go Kamala! ~

California attorney general Kamala Harris featured in Harper's Bazaar

Kamala Harris, California's new attorney general was recently featured in Harper's Bazaar. Interviewed by former George Bush press secretary Dana Perino, "the female Barack Obama" talked about her latest win and what this means for her moving forward. 

Spotted: Kamala Harris and Sen. Dianne Feinstein chatting at luncheon

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California Attorney General Kamala Harris was spotted chatting with U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein after the senator's luncheon speech at the California Democrats State Convention in Sacramento, CA on this past Saturday.

Spotted: Kamala Harris greets President Obama in San Francisco

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President Obama was in San Francisco yesterday to meet with various business leaders like Mark Zuckerburg of Facebook and Apple's Steve Jobs. However before his meeting with the titans of Silicon Valley, he met with local politicians including California Attorney General Kamala Harris, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, and California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom at the airport.

Hmmm, I wonder what they are smiling and joking about.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: How your favorite Political Girls spent the day

Jill Biden and Vice President Joe Biden along with their granddaughter, Natalie Biden wrote letters to soldiers in their hometown of Wilmington, Del.
California Attorney General Kamala Harris spoke at an annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast in Los Angeles, CA.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand attended the 25th annual Brooklyn tribute to Martin Luther King Jr at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn, New York.

Kamala Harris officially inaugurated

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 Kamala Harris, was officially inaugurated as California's Attorney General yesterday afternoon. The rising Democratic star, who has been spotlighted on The Political Girl before, is the first female attorney general and minority to hold the position in California. Kudos to Ms. Harris!

In the coming four years, and in the continuing work of the Attorney General's office, we are going to do whatever it takes -- and catch hell if necessary -- in the cause of protecting and defending the lives and livelihoods of all Californians, by moving beyond the status quo." - Kamala Harris

11 Women to Watch in 2011

At the beginning of the 2010 election cycle, many commentators and pundits believed that this was the year to run as a woman. We saw a record number of women run and a lot of excitement around their candidacy. Yet after the midterm elections were over and done, we saw the numbers for women in Congress not increase since 1987! Despite those odds, we are keeping our eyes on a couple of women who could do amazing things in 2011. Here are our 11 Women to Watch in 2011.

Terri Sewell - freshman Congresswoman out of Alabama, is the first African American woman to be elected from the state. With the same pedigree as the First Lady Michelle Obama, undergraduate degree from Princeton and law degree from Harvard University, she is definitely one to watch.

Kirsten Gillibrand - after lobbying successfully for the passage of the 9/11 Act and repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", this freshman senator solidified herself as a force to be reckoned with. And after winning her election by a landslide this past November, she proved that she deserved to walk in Hillary Clinton's footsteps.

Elizabeth Warren - recently featured on the Political Girl for her photo opt in Vogue, she was recently appointed by President Obama to as Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Consumer Financial Protection, she is charged with protecting the American people for another failure of the Wall Street banks.

Kamala Harris - the newly elected District Attorney of California is already making the media rounds with a profile in Politico and an upcoming spread in Harper's Bazaar, however she has made it clear that her first priority is keeping the residents of California safe.

Michelle Rhee - When she stormed into Washington, DC 3 years ago she had the city buzzing by firing hundreds of students and closing over 20 schools. With the defeat of DC Mayor Adrian Fenty in September, she decided to leave the post and recently announced on Oprah that she was starting Students First, an organization to support student reform around the country.

 


Find out who else made the list by clicking below!

California District Attorney Kamala Harris profiled in Politico

Ben Smith recently interviewed Kamala Harris for a profile piece in today's Politico. In the lengthy article, she discusses the comparisons to President Obama and the lofty aspirations that many Democrats have for her.

“It’s flattering, these comparisons make me uncomfortable because I know what I want to do. I am really excited about being attorney general.”

California's New Attorney General



According to the LA Times, Steve Cooley has conceded to Kamala Harris for California Attorney General. After more than three weeks of tallying votes in the state, Harris pulled ahead beating Cooley by about 50,000 votes to become California's top lawyer.

Harris will be the first woman African America attorney general in California and the first Indian-American attorney general in the United States. She is definitely a political girl in my book!