Kamala Harris

 Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20, 1964) was an American lawyer, politician and vice president of United States. She is the first female vice president and is the highest-ranking female politician in U.S history. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as attorney general of California between 2011 and 2017 and as an United States senator representing California from 2017 to 2021. Harris was born in Oakland, California, Harris graduated from Howard University and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She began her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office prior to her move to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office and later the City Attorney of San Francisco's office. She was elected San Francisco district attorney in 2003. In 2010, Harris was elected Attorney General for California. She was re-elected in 2014. Harris was the junior United States senator from California between 2017 and 2021. Harris beat Loretta Martinez in 2016's Senate election, becoming the second African American woman and first South Asian American senator to be elected to the United States Senate. As senator, she was a vocal advocate for healthcare reform as well as federal de-scheduling cannabis, a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, the DREAM Act, a ban on assault weapons, as well as progressive tax reform. She gained a national profile for her provocative examination of Trump administration officials during Senate hearings, which included Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who was accused of sexual assault.







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