Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris born October 20th 1964) is an American politician and lawyer who is the 49th and current vice-president of the United States. She is both the first female vice-president and the highest ranking female official in the United America. As a member of the Democratic Party, she was the former attorney general of California from 2011 to 2017 and a United States senator representing California from 2017 to 2021. Harris was born in Oakland and graduated from Howard University, University of California, Hastings College of the Law. After starting her career as an Alameda County District Attorney, Harris was recruited to San Francisco District Attorney's Office. Later she became the City Attorney of San Francisco. In 2003, she was elected district attorney for San Francisco. Harris was elected Attorney General of California in the year 2010. In 2014, she was re-elected. Between 2017 and 2021, Harris was the junior United States senator for California. Harris defeated Loretta Sanchez in the 2016 Senate election, becoming the 2nd African American woman and the first South Asian American to serve in the United States Senate. She was a senator and advocated for healthcare reform as well as federal cannabis de-scheduling the possibility of citizenship for immigrants who are not legally documented as well as the DREAM Act, a ban against assault weapons, and progressive tax reform. In the news, attention was paid to her sharp questions of Trump administration officials during Senate hearings. This included Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who was accused of sexual abuse.




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