It is Harris's first marriage, while Emhoff was previously divorced. Both are 49, and became engaged five months ago.
Maya Harris , sister of the bride, officiated the August 22 marriage ceremony in the Santa Barbara courthouse.
Harris -- the first woman, the first African American, and the first Asian American attorney general in California -- is widely considered a potential future candidate for governor or US Senate,reported the Sacramento Bee.
President Barack Obama last year had called her "by far the best-looking attorney general".
The ceremony also included the bride's niece, Meena, reading from Maya Angelou's poem "Touched by an Angel," which ends, "Suddenly we see that /love costs all we are/ and will ever be./ Yet it is only love/ which sets us free."
The two celebrated their marriage by breaking a glass, and wrote their own vows, with the help of Harris.
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