Kamala Harris

Kamala Devi Harris born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and lawyer who is the 49th and current vice president of the United States. She is also the first female vice-president and highest-ranking female official of U.S. History, as also the first African American and second Asian American vice president. As a part of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the attorney general for California from 2011 to 2017 and as an United States senator representing California from 2017 until 2021. Harris was born in Oakland, California. She graduated from Howard University as well as the University of California Hastings College of the Law. 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. In 2010 Harris was appointed Attorney General for California. She was reelected in 2014. Harris was the United States junior senator from California from 2017 until 2021. Harris defeated Loretta Santiago in the 2016 Senate election and became the 2nd African American woman to serve in the Congress, and the first South Asian American American to be elected to the United States Senate. Harris was a senator who worked for healthcare and federal de-scheduling cannabis. A path towards citizenship for migrants who aren't legal. The DREAM Act bans assault weapons and progressive tax reform. The attention of the nation was drawn by her sharp examination of Trump administration officials at Senate hearings. This included Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who was accused of sexual misconduct.