Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20th 1964) was an American politician, attorney and vice president of the United States. She is the first woman to be elected vice president, and also holds the title of highest-ranking female officer in the history of America. As a member of the Democratic Party, she has previously served as attorney general for California between 2011 and 2017 and was the state's attorney general from 2011 to 2017 and as a United States senator representing California until 2021. Harris was born and was raised in Oakland, California. Harris started her career at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. After that, she was enlisted to join the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. In 2003 she was elected San Francisco District Attorney. She was elected Attorney General of California in 2010, and was she was re-elected in 2014. Harris was the United States junior senator from California between 2017 and 2021. Harris defeated Loretta Sanchez during the 2016 Senate elections to become the second African American woman, and the first South Asian American, to serve as a senator in the United States Senate. She was a senator and advocated for healthcare reform as well as federal cannabis de-scheduling a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrant immigrants and the DREAM Act, a ban against assault weapons, as well as progressive tax reform. She gained a national profile due to her sharp examination of Trump administration officials during Senate hearings, which included Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who was accused of sexual assault.
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