Kamala D. Harris
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United States Senator from California |
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Assumed office January 3, 2017 Serving with Dianne Feinstein |
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| Preceded by | Barbara Boxer |
| 32nd Attorney General of California | |
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In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2017 |
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| Governor | Jerry Brown |
| Preceded by | Jerry Brown |
| Succeeded by | Xavier Becerra |
| District Attorney of San Francisco | |
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In office January 8, 2004 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Terence Hallinan |
| Succeeded by | George Gascón |
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Kamala Devi Harris October 20, 1964 Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Douglas Emhoff (m. 2014) |
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Howard University (BA) University of California, Hastings (JD) |
| Website | Government website |
Kamala Devi Harris (/ˈkɑːmələ/; born October 20, 1964) is an American attorney and politician who is the junior United States Senator from California. She is a member of the Democratic Party and served as the 32nd Attorney General of California.
Harris graduated from Howard University and University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She worked as a Deputy District Attorney in Alameda County, California (1990–98). She served as Managing Attorney of the Career Criminal Unit in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office (1998-2000) and as Chief of the Community and Neighborhood Division in the office of San Francisco City Attorney (2000–03). In 2003, she was elected District Attorney of San Francisco, defeating incumbent Terence Hallinan. She was re-elected in 2007 and served from 2004 to 2011.
Harris was elected California's Attorney General in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. Harris was the first woman, the first Jamaican American, the first Asian American and the first Indian American attorney general in California.
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