Monday, November 04, 2024
Erica L. Green - It was the week before Labor Day in 2003 when Rebecca Prozan got a call from a tenacious 38-year-old lawyer making her first run for elected office. The lawyer had a challenge: She wanted Ms. Prozan to manage the final stretch of her campaign to defeat the sitting San Francisco district attorney. "If you get me to the runoff, I can win." Ms. Harris kept her promise and delivered a stinging upset to the incumbent, becoming the first Black district attorney in California's history. |
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