Kamala Harris' aides are divided on her future — but her family's fortunes are secured

In her first speech after her Presidential election loss, Kamala Harris urged the crowd of young leaders in Maryland to “stay in the fight.” As her supporters regroup, Harris has remained somewhat away from the spotlight. Nevertheless, she has some big decisions to make regarding her political future. 

According to CNN, Harris' top aides are divided over whether she should head home to run for the post of California governor in 2026 or continue to seek support for a Democratic nomination in the 2028 primary. While some think that given her blistering campaign against Trump, a re-run is well deserved. On the other hand, people speculate that her loss and a rift in the Democratic party could lead to a majority rejection.

Kamala Harris was born in October 1964 in Oakland, California to immigrants from Jamaica and India. Her father was a professor at Stanford University and her mother was a cancer researcher. She has a younger sister Maya later became a public policy advocate. She attended Howard University and the University of California, Hastings College of Law. She served as the 27th district attorney of San Francisco from January  2004 to January 2011.

Then she went on to serve as the 32nd Attorney General of California. Harris made history in 2016 when she became the first Black woman elected to the US Senate from California. In her first speech, she spoke out on behalf of immigrants and refugees.

She announced her nomination for the 2020 Presidential Election. On August 11, 2020, Harris accepted President Joe Biden’s invitation to become his running mate and help unite the nation. 

Kamal Harris was elected Vice President of the United States along with Joe Biden as President in November 2020. Biden and Harris defeated Donald Trump and Mike Pence to win the 2020 presidential election. She is the very first woman of color to become the Vice President in US history. As of 2023, Kamala Harris' Net Worth is around $6 million, most of which is attributed to her husband's income as an attorney, as per Celebrity Net Worth.

In the 2023 tax return report, it was revealed that Harris and her husband earned around $456,918 in total income in 2022 and paid close to $93,000 in federal income tax along with $17,600 in California income taxes. Her annual salary as Vice President is reported to be somewhere around $235,100. She also earns from royalties for her book "The Truths We Hold: An American Journey". She earned close to $326,000 in 2021. Her diversified portfolio has stocks and bonds including Vanguard, iShares, and BlackRock funds.

However, her net worth is mostly attributed to her husband Douglas Emhoff's income, who is a partner at DLA Piper Law Firm working mostly on entertainment and intellectual property cases. According to a financial disclosure by her in late 2019, her family assets were worth $2.5 to $6 million, and roughly $3 million worth of liabilities which were mostly in the form of mortgages. It was also reported at the time that most of their assets were invested in mutual funds and retirement accounts.

She was able to raise close to $7.9 million. Close to 74% of the funds were raised from small individual contributions and the rest were given by larger contributions. 

This means Harris did not have to self-finance at all. She also raised $75,287 from PAC contributions.