Kamala Harris
(1964 - Present)
Occupation |
U.S. Vice President (January 20, 2021 - Present) U.S. Senator from California (January 3, 2017 - Present) 32nd Attorney General of California (January 3, 2011 - January 3, 2017) 27th District Attorney of San Francisco (January 8, 2004 - January 3, 2011) |
Date of Birth | October 20, 1964 |
Place of Birth | Oakland, California |
Education |
Howard University (BA) University of California, Hastings (JD) |
Parents |
Shyamala Gopalan Donald J. Harris |
Spouse | Doug Emhoff (m. 2014) |
Political Party | Democratic |
Number of Children | Zero |
Vice President Harris...
Kamala Devi Harris is an American politician and attorney, the junior United States senator from California, and the vice president-elect of the United States.
A member of the Democratic Party, she will become vice president on January 20, 2021, alongside President-elect Joe Biden, having defeated incumbent president Donald Trump and vice president Mike Pence in the 2020 election. She will be the United States' first female vice president, the highest-ranking female elected official in U.S. history, and the first African American and first Asian American vice president.
Born in Oakland, California, Harris graduated from Howard University and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She began her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, before being recruited to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office and later the City Attorney of San Francisco's office. In 2003, she was elected district attorney of San Francisco. She was elected Attorney General of California in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. Harris has served as the junior United States senator from California since 2017.
"We are here knowing that we are at an inflection point in the history of our world. We are at an inflection point in in the history of our nation. We are here because the American Dream and our American democracy are under attack and on the line like never before."
- Kamala Harris
"I’ll fight for an America where we keep our word and where we honor our promises. Because that’s our America. That’s the America I believe in."
- Kamala Harris
"I say to you my friends, these are not ordinary times. And this will not be an ordinary election. But this is our America."
-Kamala Harris
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