Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris born October 20th, 1964) is an American politician and lawyer who is currently the 49th vice-president of the United States. Kamala Devi Harris is the first female vice president , and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as also the first African American and first Asian American vice president. As a member the Democratic Party, she was the former attorney general of California between 2011 and 2017 and was she was a United States senator representing California from 2017 to 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 started her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. Then, she was appointed to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. In 2003, she became the San Francisco district attorney. In 2010, she was elected Attorney General of California and re-elected in 2014. From 2017 to 2021, Harris was the junior United States senator for California. Harris beat Loretta Sánchez during the 2016 Senate elections, becoming the second African American woman, and the first South Asian American, to serve as a senator in the United States Senate. She was a senator , and advocated for healthcare reform and federal cannabis de-scheduling. She also advocated for the possibility of citizenship for immigrants without a legal status and the DREAM Act, a ban against assault weapons, as well as progressive tax reform. Her pointed questioning of Trump officials during Senate hearings has earned the attention of the nation, which included the second Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh who was indicted with sexual assault.



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