Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris born October 20th, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is currently the 49th 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 part of the Democratic Party, she previously was the attorney general for California from 2011 until 2017 and was an United States senator representing California from 2017 until 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. Harris was later recruited by the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. In 2003 she was elected San Francisco District Attorney. She was elected Attorney General of California in 2010 and she was re-elected in 2014. Harris was the United States junior senator from California between 2017 and 2021. Harris beat Loretta Santiago in the 2016 Senate election, becoming the second African American woman to serve in the Congress, and the first South Asian American American to serve in the United States Senate. As a senator, she advocated for healthcare reform and federal de-scheduling of cannabis, a path to citizenship for immigrants who are not legal and the DREAM Act, a ban on assault weapons, as well as progressive tax reform. She is most famous for her sharp questions to Trump administration officials during Senate hearings.




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