Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris is an American politician. Born on October 20, 1964, she is the 49th Vice President of the United States. Kamala Devi Harris is the first female to be elected vice president, and she is also the highest-ranking female officer in American history. She is a part of the Democratic Party and was previously the attorney general of California between 2011 and 2017. In addition she served as the United States senator representing California between 2017-2021. Harris was born in Oakland and attended Howard University, University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She started her career with the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. She was then recruited to San Francisco District Attorney's Office. In 2003, she became the San Francisco district attorney. In 2010 Harris was appointed Attorney General for California. Harris was elected again in 2014. Harris was the junior member of the United States Senate from California from 2017 to 2021. Harris defeated Loretta Sánchez in the 2016 Senate elections, becoming the 2nd African American woman, and the first South Asian American, to serve as senator in the United States Senate. In her time as a senator, she pushed for health reform, federal descheduling for cannabis, a path for undocumented immigrants to become citizens as well as the DREAM Act and a ban on assault weapons. Harris also backed progressive tax reform. She is most famous for her direct questions to Trump administration officials during Senate hearings.



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