Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris born October 20 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 is the highest-ranking female politician in U.S history. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the attorney general for California from 2011 until 2017 and as a United States senator representing California between 2017 and 2021. Harris was born and was raised in Oakland, California. Harris started her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. Then, she was appointed to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. In 2003 she was elected as San Francisco's district attorney. She was elected Attorney-General of California in 2010 and was elected again in 2014. Harris served as the junior United States senator from California from 2017 to 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 as well as federal cannabis de-scheduling a pathway to citizenship for immigrants without a legal status and the DREAM Act, a ban against assault weapons as well as progressive tax reform. The attention of the nation was drawn by her sharp examination of Trump administration officials during Senate hearings. The most notable was Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who was accused of sexual misconduct.




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