Tulsi Gabbard

 Tulsi Gabbard (/'t^lsi "gaeb@rd; born 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 also the first American Samoan to vote of Congress. She was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the 2020 United States presidential election, prior to quitting the party and becoming an independent candidate in October 2022.In 2002, Gabbard was elected to the Hawaii House of Representatives at age 21. Gabbard served in a field medical unit of the Hawaii Army National Guard while deployed to Iraq from 2004 to 2005. She was stationed in Kuwait from 2008 until 2009 as an Army Military Police platoon leader. As a member of Congress, she served as vice chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 2013 until 2016 and then resigned to support Bernie Sanders' campaign for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination.