Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris born October 20 1964) is an American lawyer and politician who is currently the 49th vice president of the United States. She is the first woman to be elected vice president, and is also the highest-ranking female officer in American history. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been attorney general for California from 2011 until 2017, and as a United States senator representing California until 2021. Harris was born and was raised in Oakland, California. After starting her career as an Alameda County District Attorney, Harris was enlisted to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. In the following years, she was the City Attorney of San Francisco. In 2003, she was appointed the San Francisco district attorney. In 2010 Harris was appointed Attorney General of California. Harris was elected again in 2014. Between 2017 and 2021, Harris was the junior United States senator for California. Harris defeated Loretta Sanchez to become the 2nd African American woman senator and the first South Asian American ever to be elected to the United States Senate. As Senator, Harris was a vocal advocate for health care, federal de-scheduling and the legalization of cannabis as a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants as well as the DREAM Act which bans assault weapons. The attention of the nation was drawn by her outspoken questions of Trump administration officials during Senate hearings. This included Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who was accused of sexual abuse.




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