Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20, 1964) was an American politician, attorney, and the current vice president of the United States. Harris is 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 attorney general for California from 2011 to 2017 and a 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. Harris was later appointed to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. In 2003 she was elected district attorney for San Francisco. 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 Santiago in the 2016 Senate election, becoming the second African American woman to serve in Congress and the first South Asian American American to be elected to the United States Senate. As a senator, she advocated for reforms to healthcare as well as federal de-scheduling cannabis, a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants as well as the DREAM Act, a ban on assault weapons, and progressive tax reform. She is well-known for the direct questioning she conducted of Trump government officials during Senate hearings.




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