Kamala Harris pictured for the primary time after making somber concession speech to Donald Trump

Kamala Harris was pictured for the first time since she conceded the election on Wednesday to Donald Trump, who decisively defeated her in the 2024 race.

The photos showed the former presidential candidate with her hair tied back into a bun and grinning as she played with Connect Four with her grand nieces.

Vice President Harris, 60, was wearing a Howard University sweatshirt in the pictures posted on Instagram by her niece Meena.  

‘Back to where it all began only a few months ago. My eternal gratitude to everyone who showed up. We love her so much,’ Meena wrote in the caption.

Harris delivered her concession speech at Washington D.C.’s Howard University, her alma mater, where she told her supporters she wouldn’t ‘concede the fight that fueled this campaign’.

Vice President Kamala Harris was pictured play Connect Four with her two grand nieces

The pictures were posted by Harris’ niece, Meena Harris. She is the daughter of Harris’ sister Maya Harris

Her voice shook at times as she addressed a massive crowd of supporters at the historically black college.

Her running mate Tim Walz, 60, stood in the crowd, fighting back tears as she spoke. Husband Doug Emhoff stood to the side, looking sad. Meena Harris also held back tears.

Ella Emhoff, Harris’ stepdaughter, was visibly distraught during the speech and was comforted by her father throughout. 

‘My heart is full today. Full of gratitude for the trust you have placed in me. Full of love for our country and full of resolve,’ she said in her first appearance since voters rejected her vision for America.

‘The outcome of this election is not what we wanted, not what we fought for, not what we voted for, but hear me when I say, hear me when I say, the light of America’s promise will always burn bright,’ she said.

Harris delivered her concession speech at her alma mater, Howard University, on Wednesday November 6, the day after the election

Her running mate Tim Walz, husband Doug Emhoff and her step children Ella and Cole Emhoff were overwhelmed with emotion at times during the speech

Harris thanked President Joe Biden, her family, her staff and her supporters. She also expressed pride in her campaign.

‘Look, I am so proud of the race we ran. And the way we ran it,’ she said.

‘Now, I know folks are feeling and experiencing a range of emotions right now. I get it. But we must accept the results of this election,’ she said.

Harris ultimately conceded to President-elect Trump over a phone call on Wednesday, saying she called for a peaceful transfer of power and encouraged him to be a president for all Americans.

The final electoral college results are now in, with Trump winning 312 electoral votes to Harris’ 226.

After months of neck-and-neck polling with Harris in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan, Trump soundly won every single battleground state.

Trump has become the first president re-elected to non-consecutive terms since Grover Cleveland did it in 1892.

After Harris’ short-lived campaign fell, there’s already speculation on who will run on the Democratic side in 2028.

Names like Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro – once both contenders to be Harris’ running mate – are being floated by party insiders as possible contenders.