Kamala Harris

 Kamala Devi Harris was born October 20 1964. She is an American politician. She is both the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in the United States. Harris is a member of the Democratic Party and was previously the attorney general of California between 2011 and 2017. In addition she served as a United States senator representing California between 2017-2021. Harris was born in Oakland, California. She graduated from Howard University as well as the University of California Hastings College of the Law. Harris began her career at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. She was then recruited to join the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. In 2003 she was elected district attorney of San Francisco. Harris was elected Attorney General of California in the year 2010. In 2014, she was re-elected. From 2017 to 2021, Harris was the junior United States senator for California. Harris beat Loretta Sánchez in the 2016 Senate elections, becoming the second African American woman, and the first South Asian American, to serve as senator in the United States Senate. As senator, she was a vocal advocate for reforms to healthcare, federal de-scheduling of cannabis, a path to citizenship for immigrants who are not legal and 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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