Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris, born October 20 1964 was an American politician and lawyer. She is currently the 49th vice president of the United States. Kamala Devi Harris is the first female vice president and the most powerful female official in U.S. history, as well as the first African American and first Asian American vice president. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been attorney general for California from 2011 until 2017 and was an United States senator representing California until 2021. Born in Oakland, California, Harris graduated from Howard University and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She started her career with the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. After that, she was enlisted to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. In 2003, she was the San Francisco district attorney. Harris was elected Attorney-General of California in 2010 and was elected again in 2014. Harris was the junior member of the United States Senate from California from 2017 to 2021. Harris defeated Loretta Santiago in the 2016 Senate election making her the second African American woman to serve in Congress , and the only South Asian American American to serve in the United States Senate. As a senator, Harris advocated for healthcare, federal de-scheduling and legalization of cannabis, a path to citizenship for immigrants who are not legally documented, as well as the DREAM Act which bans assault weapons. She earned national attention for her provocative examination of Trump administration officials during Senate hearings, including Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and was accused of sexual assault.




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