Kamala Harris

Kamala Devi Harris born October 20th, 1964) is an American lawyer and politician who is the 49th and current vice-president of the United States. Kamala Devi Harris is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female politician in U.S. history, as well as the first African American and first Asian American vice president. She is a senator and former US senator representing California. Harris was born in Oakland, California, Harris graduated from Howard University and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Harris began her career at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office prior to her move to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office and later the City Attorney of San Francisco's office. She was elected San Francisco district attorney in 2003. She was elected Attorney General of California in 2010 and she was re-elected in 2014. Harris served as the junior United States senator from California from 2017 until 2021. Harris beat Loretta Sanchez in the 2016 Senate election to become the second African American woman and the first South Asian American to serve in the United States Senate. She was a senator , and campaigned 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. The attention of the nation was drawn by her outspoken examination of Trump administration officials at Senate sessions. This included Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who was accused of sexual assault.






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