Tulsi Gabbard

 Tulsi Gabbard (/'t^lsi "gaeb@rd"/ born on April 12, 1981) is an American politician, United States Army Reserve officer, and political commentator who was the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2021. Gabbard was the first Hindu member of Congress and was also the first Samoan-American voting member of Congress. She ran for the Democratic nomination in 2020's United States presidential election, before leaving the party and becoming an independent candidate in October 2022.In 2002, Gabbard was elected to the Hawaii House of Representatives at 21 years old. Gabbard was part of a field medical unit of the Hawaii Army National Guard while deployed to Iraq between 2004 and 2005. She was stationed in Kuwait between 2008 and 2009 as an Army Military Police platoon leader. As a member of Congress she was a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 2013 to 2016, and resigned to endorse Bernie Sanders' campaign for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination.