Kamala Harris

 Kamala Devi Harris was born on October 20, 1964. She is an American politician. She is also the first vice president to be female and 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 previously served as attorney general for California between 2011 and 2017, and as the state's attorney general from 2011 to 2017 and 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. Her first job was with the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. Harris was later recruited to join the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. She was elected San Francisco district attorney in 2003. In 2010, Harris was elected Attorney General for California. She was re-elected in 2014. Harris was the junior United States senator from California between 2017 and 2021. Harris defeated Loretta Santiago in the 2016 Senate election and became the 2nd African American woman to serve in Congress , and the only South Asian American American to be elected to the United States Senate. As senator, she was a vocal advocate for reforms to healthcare as well as federal de-scheduling cannabis, a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, the DREAM Act, a ban on assault weapons, and progressive tax reform. Her most well-known accomplishments are her sharp questions to Trump administration officials in Senate hearings.

 





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