Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th and current vice president of the United States. Harris is the first female vice-president and highest-ranking female official in U.S. History, as well the first African American and second Asian American vice president. As a member of the Democratic Party, she was the attorney general for California from 2011 to 2017 and an United States senator representing California in 2017-2021. Harris was born in Oakland, California. She graduated from Howard University as well as the University of California Hastings College of the Law. Harris began her career at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. Harris was later recruited to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. In 2003 she was elected San Francisco District Attorney. She was elected Attorney-General of California in 2010, and was reelected in 2014. Harris served as the junior United States senator from California from 2017 to 2021. Harris beat Loretta Sanchez in the 2016 Senate elections, becoming the second African American woman, and the first South Asian American, to serve as a senator in the United States Senate. As a senator she advocated healthcare reform, federal descholaring for cannabis, a pathway for undocumented immigrants to become citizens, the DREAM Act and a ban on assault weapons. She also backed progressive tax reform. Her most well-known accomplishments are her sharp questions to Trump administration officials during Senate hearings.




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