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2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is the first Indian-origin US Senator who has also anounced her presidential bid in upcoming presidential election in the US?
A
Kamala Harris
B
Gita Gopinath
C
Pramila Jayapal
D
Seema Verma
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On April 2, 1870, Woodhull’s letter to the editor of the New York Herald was published, it announced her candidacy. Woodhull was nominated for President of the United States by the newly formed Equal Rights Party on May 10, 1872, at Apollo Hall, New York City. A year earlier, she had announced her intention to run.

Detailed explanation-2: -Biography. In 1984 Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro secured the nomination as the first woman vice presidential candidate on a major party ticket.

Detailed explanation-3: -9. Since no vice presidential candidate received a majority of the electoral vote in the 1836 election, the U.S. Senate elected Richard M. Johnson as vice president on February 8, 1837.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the 1984 presidential election and 1988 presidential election, Jesse Jackson was the first major-party black candidate to run nationwide primary campaigns and to win individual states’ primaries or caucuses.

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