Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris, born on the 20th of October 1964 was a prominent American politician and lawyer. She is currently the 49th vice president of the United States. She is both the first female vice president and the highest ranking female official in the United States. As a member the Democratic Party, she was the attorney general of California in 2011-2017 and she was a United States senator representing California in 2017-2021. Harris was born in Oakland and attended Howard University, University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Harris started her career at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. She was then recruited to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. The office was named San Francisco district attorney in 2003. Harris was elected Attorney general of California in 2010. In 2014, she was re-elected. Between 2017 and 2021, Harris was the junior United States senator for California. Harris beat Loretta Santiago in the 2016 Senate election making her the second African American woman to serve in Congress and the first South Asian American American to serve in the United States Senate. She was a senator and advocated for healthcare reform as well as federal cannabis de-scheduling a pathway to citizenship for immigrants who are not legally documented as well as the DREAM Act, a ban against assault weapons as well as progressive tax reform. Her most well-known accomplishments are her sharp questions to Trump administration officials in Senate hearings.




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