Kamala Harris

Kamala Devi Harris (English: Kamala Devi Harris, pronunciation: /ˈkɑːmələ ˈdeɪvi ˈhæɹɪs/; October 20, 1964 -), Chinese name He Jinli, is an American Democratic politician and lawyer. She has served as the 49th Vice President of the United States, a California federal senator, and a California attorney general. She is the first female vice president in U.S. history, and the first vice president of African and Asian descent. Harris was born in Oakland, California, and graduated from Howard University and the University of California, San Francisco School of Law. She began her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, then transferred to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office and was later hired by the San Francisco City Attorney's Office. In 2003, she was elected San Francisco District Attorney. In 2010, she was elected California Attorney General and re-elected in 2014. Harris defeated Loretta Sanchez in the 2016 Senate election, becoming the second African-American female senator and the first South Asian senator. As a senator, she advocated for health care reform, federal marijuana decriminalization, a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, the DREAM Act, a ban on assault weapons and progressive tax reform. She gained national attention for her pointed questioning of administration officials during Donald Trump's first term in Senate hearings, including the confirmation hearings for Trump's second Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. In 2019, Harris planned to compete for the Democratic presidential nomination the following year, but withdrew from the race before the primary election. Subsequently, presidential candidate Joe Biden selected Kamala Harris as his running mate in August 2020. The two defeated then-President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in the general election in November of the same year. As a result, Kamala Harris subsequently became the first female vice president in U.S. history, the highest-ranking female elected official in the United States so far, and the first African-American and Asian vice president. During Harris's tenure, the Senate seats between the two parties were evenly matched. As vice president and Senate Speaker, she cast key votes to break deadlocks many times, ranking first in U.S. history. During her tenure, she passed many important bills such as the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. After Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 US presidential election, Harris obtained Biden's support to launch her presidential campaign. On July 22, 2024, Harris received enough