Kamala Harris

Kamala Devi Harris, born October 20, 1964, is a prominent American politician and lawyer. She is currently the 49th vice president of the United States. Kamala Devi Harris is the first vice president to be female and the highest-ranking female politician in U.S. history, as also the first African American and first Asian American vice president. A member of Democratic Party, she has previously served as attorney general for California between 2011 and 2017, and also as a United States senator representing California until 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 started her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, before being recruited to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office and later 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. In 2014, she was re-elected. From 2017 to 2021, Harris was the junior United States senator for California. 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. As senator, Harris fought for healthcare, federal de-scheduling and legalization of cannabis, a path to citizenship for immigrants who are not legally documented, and the DREAM Act which bans assault weapons. She earned national attention for her provocative examination of Trump administration officials in Senate hearings, which included Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and was accused of assault on a woman.







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