Winning A Tight Race

In 2010, Harris embarked on another campaign. This time, she was eyeing the position of California’s attorney general. Similar to her first race to be DA, she was an underdog. Running against her was popular Republican Steve Cooley, who was Los Angeles’ DA.

Despite the race being tight, Cooley was declared as winner by the San Francisco Chronicle and even gave his victory speech on election night. In the end, though, Harris emerged as the real victor, winning by a slim margin of .8% points about three weeks later. She would hold the position until 2017.