Kamala Harris

Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20th 1964) was an American lawyer, politician and vice president of United States. She is the first female vice president , and the most powerful female official in U.S. history, as also the first African American and first Asian American vice president. Harris is a member of the Democratic Party and was previously the attorney general of California between 2011 and 2017. In addition she was a United States senator representing California between 2017-2021. 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 to the City Attorney of San Francisco's office. In 2003, she was elected San Francisco District Attorney. In 2010, Harris was appointed Attorney General for California. She was reelected in 2014. Harris was the junior United States Senate from California between 2017 and 2021. Harris defeated 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. As a senator, Harris advocated for healthcare, federal de-scheduling and the legalization of cannabis as a pathway to citizenship of undocumented immigrants, and the DREAM Act which bans assault weapons. She earned national attention for her pointed questioning of Trump administration officials in Senate hearings, which included Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who was accused of assault on a woman.






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