Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign came and went almost like a fever dream. In just 100 days, she clinched the Democratic nomination, found a favorable running mate in Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, released an ambitious economic plan to address Americans' concerns and — most importantly, it seemed — reinvigorated a Democratic base that President Joe Biden's candidacy had left disaffected.
But her whirlwind of a presidential bid wasn't enough. President-elect Donald Trump won the electoral college as well as the popular vote. Harris conceded the election shortly thereafter, telling supporters gathered at her alma mater Howard University in Washington, D.C., that she remained dedicated to the fight for the United States and its democracy. She retreated from the spotlight almost as quickly as she had come into it, returning to confirm her opponent's victory.
