Kamala Harris

 Kamala Devi Harris is an American politician from the United States. Born on October 20, 1964, she is the 49th Vice-President of the United States. She is also the first female vice-president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. History, as well the first African American and second Asian American vice president. She is a part of the Democratic Party and was previously the attorney general of California between 2011 and 2017. In addition, she served as an United States senator representing California between 2017 and 2021. Harris was born in Oakland, California. She graduated from Howard University as well as the University of California Hastings College of the Law. Harris began her career with the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. Harris was later appointed to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. In 2003 she was elected district attorney for San Francisco. In 2010, Harris was elected Attorney General of California. She was reelected in 2014. Between 2017 and 2021, Harris was the junior United States senator for California. Harris defeated Loretta Sanchez to become the second African American woman senator and the first South Asian American ever to be elected to the United States Senate. She was a senator , and advocated for healthcare reform and federal cannabis de-scheduling. She also advocated for an opportunity to become a citizen for undocumented immigrant immigrants as well as the DREAM Act, a ban against assault weapons, and progressive tax reform. She earned national attention for her provocative questions of Trump administration officials in Senate hearings, which included Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who was accused of assault on a woman.






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