Kamala Harris

 Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20, 1964) was an American politician, attorney and vice president of United States. She is the first woman to hold the vice-president and the highest ranking female politician in U.S history. A member of Democratic Party, she has previously served as attorney general of California between 2011 and 2017 and was an United States senator representing California from 2011 to 2021. Harris was born and was raised in Oakland, California. Her professional career started in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. Harris was later recruited to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. She was elected San Francisco district attorney in 2003. Harris was elected Attorney General of California in 2010, and was reelected in 2014. Harris was the junior United States Senator from California between 2017 and 2021. Harris beat Loretta Santiago in the 2016 Senate election and became the second African American woman to serve in Congress , and the only South Asian American American to do so in the United States Senate. As a senator, she advocated for reforms to healthcare, federal de-scheduling of cannabis, a pathway to citizenship for immigrants who are not legal and the DREAM Act, a ban on assault weapons, as well as progressive tax reform. In the news, attention was paid to her sharp examination of Trump administration officials during Senate hearings. This included Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who was accused of sexual misconduct. 







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