Kamala Harris

 Kamala Devi Harris born October 20 1964) is an American lawyer and politician who is currently the 49th vice president of the United States. She is also the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. History, as being the first African American and second Asian American vice president. As a member the Democratic Party, she was the attorney general of California in 2011-2017 and an United States senator representing California in 2017-2021. Harris was born in Oakland and attended Howard University, University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Harris began her career at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office prior to being enlisted into the San Francisco District Attorney's Office and then to the City Attorney of San Francisco's office. In 2003 she was elected district attorney of San Francisco. Harris was elected Attorney General of California in 2010, and then she was re-elected in 2014. Harris served as the junior United States senator from California from 2017 to 2021. Harris defeated Loretta Sanchez during the 2016 Senate elections, becoming the second African American woman, and the first South Asian American, to be senator in the United States Senate. Harris was a senator and campaigned for reforms to healthcare and federal cannabis de-scheduling. She also advocated for an opportunity to become a citizen for immigrants without a legal status, the DREAM Act, a ban against assault weapons and progressive tax reform. National attention was gained for her outspoken questioning of Trump administration officials at Senate sessions. The most notable was Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who was accused of sexual abuse.