Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris was born October 20 1964. She is an American politician. She is also the first female vice-president and the highest-ranking female official in the United American. As a member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as attorney general for California between 2011 and 2017 and was the state's attorney general from 2011 to 2017 and as a United States senator representing California from 2017 to 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 with the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. She was then appointed by the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. The office was named San Francisco district attorney in 2003. She was elected Attorney general of California in 2010. In 2014, she was elected to a second term. Harris was the junior member of the United States Senate from California from 2017 to 2021. Harris beat Loretta Martinez in 2016's Senate election, becoming the second African American woman and first South Asian American senator to be elected to the United States Senate. She was a senator , and was a vocal advocate for reforms to healthcare, federal cannabis de-scheduling, an opportunity to become a citizen for undocumented immigrant immigrants, the DREAM Act, a ban against assault weapons, and progressive tax reform. She gained a national profile due to her sharp questioning of Trump administration officials in Senate hearings, which included Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who was accused of assault on a woman.



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