Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20, 1964) was an American politician, attorney and vice president of the United States. She is also the first female vice-president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. History, as well the first African American and second Asian American vice president. As a member of the Democratic Party, she was the former attorney general of California in 2011-2017 and a United States senator representing California from 2017 to 2021. Harris was born in Oakland. Harris received her law degree from Howard University. Harris began her career at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. After that, she was enlisted to join the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. She was elected San Francisco district attorney in 2003. In 2010, she was elected Attorney General of California and was re-elected in 2014. Harris was the junior member of the United States Senate from California from 2017 to 2021. Harris defeated Loretta Martinez in the 2016 Senate election to become the second African American woman and first South Asian American senator to be elected to the United States Senate. She was a senator and campaigned for reforms to healthcare, federal cannabis de-scheduling, an opportunity to become a citizen for undocumented immigrant immigrants, the DREAM Act, a ban against assault weapons, as well as progressive tax reform. In the news, attention was paid to her sharp questions of Trump administration officials during Senate hearings. The most notable was Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who was accused of sexual abuse.




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