Kamala Harris, California's Attorney General, is on the cusp of becoming the first Indian-American Senator in the US Congress. <br/><br/>The latest polls have placed ahead of her rival, days before the 8th of November general elections. Harris, 51, has already got the backing of US President Barack Obama to be the state's next Senator, brightening her chances to become the first from the Indian community ever to be a member of the Upper House.<br/><br/> She heads into the US Senate election with a considerable lead over fellow Democrat Loretta Sanchez.<br/><br/>Harris, born in Oakland, California, is the daughter of an Indian mother who emigrated from Chennai in 1960 and a Jamaican American father.