Kamala Harris is an American politician and attorney who has served as the junior United States Senator from California since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the 32nd Attorney General of California from 2011 to 2017. She is the first South Asian American and the second African American woman to serve in the United States Senate. Harris was born in Oakland, California, to a Tamil Indian mother and a Jamaican father. She graduated from Howard University and University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She worked as a Deputy District Attorney in Alameda County, California, from 1990 to 1998, and as the District Attorney of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011. She was elected Attorney General of California in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. In 2016, Harris was elected to the United States Senate, defeating Loretta Sanchez in the general election. She is the first Indian American and African American woman to serve in the United States Senate. Harris is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Senate Intelligence Committee, and the Senate Budget Committee. She is also a member of the Senate Democratic Caucus.
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