. >> senator catherine cortez masto.ey general of nevada. >> it's this confidence of not only who she is, but why she is there in the first place. >> she is california's most innovative district attorney. >> harris had just wrapped up seven years as san francisco's d.a. now she wanted to be california's top cop. >> the system needs drastic repair. >> her opponent, los angeles district attorney steve cooley came out swinging. >> she refused to pursue the death penalty against the killer, the gang member, the ak-47-wielding gang member who shot down officer isaac espinoza. she declared her opposition before he was buried. >> steve, i think that you really should not go below the dignity of this debate or the office we seek. >> a heated campaign that took weeks to declare a winner. >> i stand before you today humbled to be chosen to be the next attorney general of the state of california. >> another historic victory for harris, becoming the first black and south asian american woman elected as california's attorney general.

. >> senator catherine cortez mast oes was the attorney general for neighboring nevada. >> it's thisre in the first place. >> she is california's most innovative district attorney. >> harris had just wrapped up seven years as san francisco's d.a. now she wanted to be california's top cop. >> the system needs drastic repair. >> her opponent, los angeles district attorney steve cooley came out swinging. >> she refused to pursue the death penalty against the killer, the gang member, the ak-47-wielding gang member who shot down officer isaac espinoza. she declared her opposition before he was buried. >> steve, i think that you really should not go below the dignity of this debate or the office we seek. >> a heated campaign that took weeks to declare a winner. >> i stand before you today humbled to be chosen to be the next attorney general of the state of california. >> another historic victory for harris, becoming the first black and south asian american woman elected as california's attorney general. but the victory was bittersweet. your mother became ill? >> it was intense. it's hospit

i also want to especially thank senator catherine cortez master anything chair. all the staff who work at the scc. shot out to two members of the dsc c right after election day went down to georgia, spent their christmas and new year's holidays there is christy roberts. laura. for our patient director our political director. and a great shout out to my dear friend for over a decade stacy abrams team at fair fight georgia. for 10 years she has her team have so many of the women's group, black women's groups worked and worked and worked to change georgia. stacy would be the first to sellyou she didn't do it alone . a huge thank you to name organizations been working so hard or so years just to get this moment. and of course none of this would be possible without the hundreds of thousands of organizers, and volunteers who put their times, sweat and determination this victory. organizing during a pandemic is not easy. but you all found a way let me say thank you. now i've already spoken to president by this morning ./ as majority leader, president biden and vice pres