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Kari Paul in Berkeley

Kamala Harris’s home town cheers historic White House run: ‘She’s going to do it’

Kamala Harris Joe Biden White House Donald Trump United States Berkeley California
A bold mural with black-and-white images of people, including Kamala Harris, among rays of color.
A mural by Miriam Klein Stahl, Eric Norberg and the Arts and Humanities Academy at Berkeley high school, shows Kamala Harris on a wall at the elementary school in Berkeley, California, where she went to school. Photograph: John G Mabanglo/EPA

As Kamala Harris emerged as the Democratic frontrunner to replace Joe Biden, residents of her home town of Berkeley, California, greeted the news of her potentially history-making White House run with enthusiasm – and some trepidation.

Those who once knew her as a little girl living above a daycare on Bancroft Avenue were proud of their home town hero and – like many Democratic supporters in the US – hopeful she has a better chance than Joe Biden of beating Donald Trump.

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