Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris was born on the 20th of October 1964. She is an American politician. She is the first woman to be elected vice president, and she is also the highest-ranking female officer in the history of America. She is a member and former senator from California. Harris was born and raised in Oakland, California. Harris began her career with the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. Harris was later appointed by the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. In 2003 she was elected San Francisco District Attorney. In 2010, Harris was elected Attorney General of California. She was reelected in 2014. Harris was the junior member of the United States Senate from California from 2017 to 2021. Harris defeated Loretta Sanchez in the 2016 Senate election, becoming the second African American woman and the first South Asian American to serve in the United States Senate. In her time as a senator, she pushed for health reform, federal descholaring of cannabis, a path for undocumented immigrants to become citizens and the DREAM Act and a ban on assault weapons. She also backed progressive tax reform. She earned national attention for her pointed examination of Trump administration officials during Senate hearings, including Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and was accused of sexual assault.




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