Kamala Harris

 Kamala Devi Harris born October 20th, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is currently the 49th vice president of the United States. Kamala Devi Harris is the first female vice president and the most powerful female official in U.S. history, as also the first African American and first Asian American vice president. 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 an United States senator representing California between 2017-2021. Harris was born and was raised in Oakland, California. Harris began her career with the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. Then, she was hired to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. She was elected San Francisco district attorney in 2003. In 2010, Harris was elected Attorney General for California. She was re-elected in 2014. Harris was the junior member of the United States Senate from California between 2017 and 2021. Harris defeated Loretta Sanchez to become the second African American woman senator and the first South Asian American ever to be elected to 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 who are not legally documented as well as the DREAM Act, a ban against assault weapons and progressive tax reform. She was well-known for her direct questioning of Trump government officials in Senate hearings. 







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