Kamala Harris

Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20th, 1964) was an American politician, attorney, and the current vice president of the United States. Harris is the first vice president to be female and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. History, as being the first African American and second Asian American vice president. She is a member of the Democratic Party and was previously the attorney general of California between 2011 and 2017. In addition, she served as a United States senator representing California between 2017 and 2021. Harris was born in Oakland and attended Howard University, University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Harris began her career at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. After that, she was enlisted to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. In 2003 she was elected San Francisco District Attorney. Harris was elected Attorney general of California in the year 2010. In 2014, she won re-election. Harris was the junior United States senator from California from 2017 to 2021. Harris defeated Loretta Sanchez to become the first African American woman senator and the first South Asian American ever to be elected to the United States Senate. As a senator, Harris advocated for federal de-scheduling of healthcare, and cannabis legalization which could lead to the citizenship of undocumented immigrants, and the DREAM Act which bans assault weapons. She is most famous for her sharp questions to Trump administration officials in Senate hearings.






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