WASHINGTON—Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, is in Washington on Tuesday, awaiting the crucial election results that will determine the next president of the United States and, thus, her political future.
After a two-year campaign season, millions of people are heading to the polls throughout the country.
Harris chose her alma mater, Howard University in Washington, to host her election night watch party.
Security has been heightened around the college campus in preparation for tonight’s event, with some buildings guarded with security fencing.
As an HBCU, or historically black college and university, Howard holds a special significance for the vice president. She graduated from Howard with a bachelor’s degree in 1986. She has referred to her time there as her “formative years,” where she first discovered her passion for politics….