# Harris is elected attorney general of California

Date: 2010

## The fact

On 2 November 2010 [Kamala Harris](/people/kamala-harris) was elected California attorney general.

## Context

Neighbouring Prop 19 the same ballot is a policy opposition. Neighbouring mortgage 2012 is a child settlement. She did not write the state constitution.

Prop 19 is the same day. Mortgage 2012 is a child.

The Vice President of the United States presides over the Senate, casts tie-breaking votes, and carries delegated [White House](/organizations/white-house) portfolios. She does not write House bills, CBP operational orders, or Federal Reserve rate decisions. A vice president is not co-author of every presidential statute.

## Evidence and sources

California Secretary of State carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is [democratic resilience](/drivers/democratic-resilience): a completed statewide AG election is a dated rotation instrument.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 2 November 2010 election as California AG, independently reported.

Not established: a unique later settlement coefficient from election night, or that Prop 19’s failure was this campaign alone.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

She took the AG oath in 2011. Line AGs and DOJ shared later files.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Harris is elected attorney general of California, not a later speech about Harris is elected attorney general of California.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Harris is elected attorney general of California on 2010-11-02 is not a licence to treat every later California Secretary of State communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Harris is elected attorney general of California into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to Voters elected. She took the AG oath in 2011. Line AGs and DOJ shared later files. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Kamala Harris: https://factrail.ai/people/kamala-harris

## Drivers

- Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-elections-california-idUSTRE6A25R20101103
- https://www.sos.ca.gov/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/us-harris-ag-2010