Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris born October 20th 1964) is an American lawyer and politician who is the 49th and current vice-president of the United States. She is the first woman to be elected vice president, and she is also the highest-ranking female officer in American history. Being a part of the Democratic Party, she was the attorney general for California from 2011 to 2017 and an United States senator representing California from 2017 to 2021. Harris was born in Oakland, California, Harris graduated from Howard University and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Harris began her career at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office prior to her move to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office and then the City Attorney of San Francisco's office. In 2003, she became the San Francisco district attorney. Harris was elected Attorney-General of California in 2010 and was reelected in 2014. From 2017 to 2021, Harris was the junior United States senator for California. Harris defeated Loretta Sanchez to become the second African American woman senator and the first South Asian American ever to be elected to the United States Senate. As senator, Harris fought for health care, federal de-scheduling and legalization of cannabis as a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants as well as the DREAM Act which bans assault weapons. She gained a national profile for her pointed examination of Trump administration officials in Senate hearings, including Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who was accused of assault on a woman.



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