Kamala Harris

Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20th, 1964) was an American politician, attorney, and the 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 well the first African American and second Asian American vice president. She is a senator and former US senator who represents California. Harris was born in Oakland. Harris received her law degree from Howard University. Harris began her career at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. She was then recruited to San Francisco District Attorney's Office. In 2003, she was the San Francisco district attorney. In 2010, Harris was appointed Attorney General of California. She was reelected in 2014. Between 2017 and 2021, Harris was the junior United States senator for California. Harris beat Loretta Santiago in the 2016 Senate election making her the 2nd African American woman to serve in the Congress, and the first South Asian American American to do so in the United States Senate. Harris was a senator who worked for health care and federal de-scheduling of cannabis. A pathway to citizenship for undocumented migrants. The DREAM Act bans assault weapons and progressive tax reform. In the news, attention was paid to her shrewd questioning of Trump administration officials during Senate hearings. The most notable was Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who was accused of sexual misconduct.






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