 winning statewide office in 2010 to become California's Attorney General, then winning a coveted Senate seat in 2016. Can you think of any laws that give government the power to make decisions about the mail body? Her sharp questioning as a member of the Judiciary Committee drew national attention, and just three years into her first term, she made a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. After she dropped out, she was tapped by Joe Biden to be his running mate.