Why have so few American presidents been from the West?
Kamala Harris’s nomination would be a milestone for the region
WHEN KAMALA HARRIS secures the Democratic nomination for president it will mark a number of firsts. She will be the first black woman, and the first Asian-American, to be a major party’s nominee for president. But she will also achieve a lesser-known first. Ms Harris will be the first presidential nominee in the Democratic Party’s nearly 200-year history to hail from a western state.
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