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California Attorney General Kamala Harris speaks at the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California February 10, 2015. Harris, who is seeking a U.S. Senate seat, addressed a group of school children on Safer Internet Day.
California Attorney General Kamala Harris speaks at the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California February 10, 2015. Harris, who is seeking a U.S. Senate seat, addressed a group of school children on Safer Internet Day. | (Photo: Reuters/Robert Galbraith)

Senator Kamala Harris of California, a former state attorney general, announced her presidential campaign in a televised interview on Dr. Martin Luther King Day.

In doing so, Sen. Harris became the first African-American to enter the presidential race and the third United States Senator, according to NBC News.

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Harris had been speculated as a potential candidate, with the New York Times reporting late last year that she had created a team of advisers and was considering either Atlanta, Georgia or Baltimore, Maryland for her campaign headquarters.

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