# Harris is elected US senator from California

Date: 2016

## The fact

On 8 November 2016 [Kamala Harris](/people/kamala-harris) was elected to the [US Senate](/organizations/us-senate) from California.

## Context

Neighbouring Backpage October 2016 is an AG child. Neighbouring Kavanaugh 2018 is a Senate child. She did not write Senate rules.

Backpage 6 October 2016 is neighbouring. Kavanaugh 2018 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 Senate election is a dated rotation instrument.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 8 November 2016 Senate election, independently reported.

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 Senate oath in 2017. The chamber 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 US senator from California, not a later speech about Harris is elected US senator from California.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Harris is elected US senator from California on 2016-11-08 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 US senator from California into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to Voters elected. She took the Senate oath in 2017. The chamber 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-election-california-senate-idUSKBN1331Y4
- https://www.sos.ca.gov/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/us-harris-senate-2016