A family of firsts: Kamala Harris' husband Doug Emhoff will be the first-ever second gentleman
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Monica Humphries
Nov 8, 2020, 15:01 IST
Kamala Harris waves to her supporters with her husband, Douglas Emhoff and her niece, Amara Ajagu, 2, during her presidential campaign launch rally in Frank H. Ogawa Plaza on January 27, 2019.Mason Trinca/Getty Images
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were projected to win the 2020 presidential race on Friday by Insider and Decision Desk HQ. On Saturday morning, other major news outlets declared their victory.
Their victory means that Harris will be the first Black woman vice president.
Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff, will also make history by becoming the first male spouse of a vice president and the first Jewish spouse of a vice president.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were projected to win the 2020 presidential race on Friday by Insider and Decision Desk HQ. On Saturday morning, other major news outlets declared their victory.
Their victory means that Harris will be the first Black woman vice president.
Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff, will also make history by becoming the first male spouse of a vice president and the first Jewish spouse of a vice president.
As vice president-elect Kamala Harris makes history for being the first Black woman vice president, her husband, Doug Emhoff will also make the history books for becoming the first-ever second gentleman and the first Jewish spouse of a vice president come January.
Emhoff is a partner at DLA Piper and works in business, real estate, and intellectual property law.
In August, he took a leave of absence from his legal firm and has played an active role in Harris' campaign since.
Now that he's set to be the first gentleman, Emhoff plans to focus on "access to justice" when he's the second gentleman, according to USA Today.
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How Harris and Emhoff's relationship began
Emhoff met Harris on a blind date planned by one of Harris' friends. The two quickly clicked.
"The morning after our first date, @DouglasEmhoff emailed me a list of his available dates for the next couple of months," Harris wrote on Instagram on Emhoff's birthday in 2020. "He said, 'I want to see if we can make this work.' We've been making it work ever since."
Less than a year later, Emhoff had proposed, and in 2014, the couple was married in a courthouse in Santa Barbara, California.
A post shared by Kamala Harris (@kamalaharris) on May 12, 2019 at 4:13pm PDT
According to The Wall Street Journal, the couple owns homes in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, DC.
From senate races to presidential races, Emhoff has been by Harris' side. He has played an active role in Harris' campaign for the vice presidency by joining the campaign trail and leading fundraisers.
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