Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20th 1964) was an American lawyer, politician, and the current vice president of the United States. She is also the first female vice-president and the highest ranking female official in the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, she has previously served as attorney general of California from 2011 until 2017, and as the state's attorney general from 2011 to 2017 and as a United States senator representing California until 2021. Harris was born and was raised in Oakland, California. Harris began her career at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office prior to being enlisted into the San Francisco District Attorney's Office and then to the City Attorney of San Francisco's office. In 2003, she was elected San Francisco District Attorney. Harris was elected Attorney General of California in 2010 and elected again in 2014. Between 2017 and 2021, Harris was the junior United States senator for California. Harris defeated Loretta Martinez in the 2016 Senate election to become the 2nd African American woman and first South Asian American senator to be elected to the United States Senate. She was a senator and advocated for healthcare reform, federal cannabis de-scheduling, a pathway to citizenship for immigrants who are not legally documented and the DREAM Act, a ban against assault weapons as well as progressive tax reform. She was praised nationally for her pointed questioning of Trump administration officials during Senate hearings, which included Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and was accused of assault on a woman.




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