Kamala Harris resigns from Senate ahead of inauguration

By Emily Brooks

Published January 18, 2021 5:00pm ET

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Kamala Harris resigns from Senate ahead of inauguration — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris during a rally at Aiken High School in Aiken, S.C. Saturday evening October 19, 2019. | (Michael Holahan/AP)

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris resigned from her post as California senator, effective at noon Eastern Standard Time on Monday.

“As I assume my duties as Vice President of the United States, I would like to thank the people of California for the honor of serving them in the U.S. Senate over the past four years,” Harris said in a letter to California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday.

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