Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris was born on the 20th of October, 1964. She is an American politician. She is the first female vice-president as well as the highest-ranking female official in the United States. As a member of the Democratic Party, she was the attorney general of California between 2011 and 2017 and was an United States senator representing California in 2017-2021. Harris was born in Oakland, California, Harris graduated from Howard University and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Harris started her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office prior to being enlisted into the San Francisco District Attorney's Office and then the City Attorney of San Francisco's office. In 2003, she was elected the city's district attorney. In 2010 Harris was appointed Attorney General of California and then re-elected in 2014. Harris served as the junior United States senator from California from 2017 to 2021. Harris defeated Loretta Sanchez during the 2016 Senate elections to become the second African American woman, and the first South Asian American, to be a senator in the United States Senate. As a senator she advocated health reform, federal descholaring of cannabis, a path for immigrants who are not legal citizens as well as the DREAM Act and a ban on assault weapons. She also supported progressive tax reform. Her sharp questioning of Trump officials in Senate hearings earned her national attention, which included the second Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, who was charged with sexual assault.




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