Kamala Harris

  Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20th, 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 being the first African American and second Asian American vice president. A member of Democratic Party, she has been attorney general of California from 2011 to 2017, and also as the state's attorney general from 2011 to 2017 and as a United States senator representing California from 2011 to 2021. Harris was born in Oakland. Harris received her law degree from Howard University. She began her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, before being recruited to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office and then the City Attorney of San Francisco's office. In 2003 she was elected the city's district attorney. She was appointed Attorney General of California in 2010, and then re-elected in 2014. From 2017 until 2021, Harris was the junior United States senator for California. Harris defeated Loretta Sanchez to become the 2nd African American woman senator and the first South Asian American ever to be elected to the United States Senate. Harris was a senator and campaigned for reforms to healthcare as well as federal cannabis de-scheduling a pathway to citizenship for immigrants who are not legally documented and the DREAM Act, a ban against assault weapons and progressive tax reform. She is well-known for her direct questions to Trump government officials in Senate hearings.







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