Tulsi Gabbard is an American politician of the Democratic Party serving as the U.S. Representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district since 2013 and was also a Vice-Chair of the Democratic National Committee until February 28, 2016. She also served in a field medical unit of the Hawaii Army National Guard in a combat zone in Iraq from 2004 to 2005 and was deployed to Kuwait from 2008 to 2009.

Tulsi Gabbard Qualifies For Next Debate: 2020 Presidential Election

Democratic candidate Tulsi Gabbard qualifies for the fourth debate. The fourth debate is scheduled at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio on 15 October. Despite failing to meet the polling threshold for the third presidential debate in August, she gained the required poll to qualify for the fourth round debate. She earned 2 percent support in new poll in New Hampshire, making it enough to secure 12th Democratic candidate for the debate.

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Famous For:

• Serving as the U.S. Representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district since 2013.

Early Life of Tulsi

Tulsi was born on 12th April 1991 in LEloaloa, American Samoa, the U.S. Her nationality is American. Her birth sign is Aries. Her father name is Mike Gabbard and her mother name is Carol Gabbard. She graduated from Hawaii Pacific University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration in the year 2009.

Body Features of Tulsi

Tulsi stands 5 feet 6 inch tall and has a weight of 132 lbs. Her hair color is Black and eye color is American.

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Career of Tulsi

• In the year 2002, Gabbard (as Gabbard Tamayo) ran to represent the 42nd House District of the Hawaii House of Representatives and there she won the 4-candidate Democratic primary with a plurality of 48% of the vote over Rida Cabanilla (30%), Dolfo Ramos (18%), and Gerald Vidal (4%).
• In the same year, she becomes the youngest legislator ever elected in Hawaii's history and the youngest woman elected to state office in the nation.
• She has also represented the Oahu 42nd District, which covers Waipahu, Honolulu, and Ewa Beach.
• She also opposed LGBT rights, including same-sex marriage and civil unions.
• On 30th April 2011, She informed her constituents that she was resuming the use of her birth name, Tulsi Gabbard.
• In May 2011, she announced her candidacy for the House seat and was endorsed by the Sierra Club, Emily's List, and VoteVets.org.
• At the end of 2012, Tulsi applied to be considered for appointment to the Senate seat vacated by the death of Daniel Inouye and later won re-election to the House on November 4, 2014, defeating Crowley again, 78.7% to 18.6%.
• In the year 2016, She was re-elected to the House.
• On 4th January 2017, She introduced bill H.R. 258 to prohibit the use of United States Government funds to provide assistance to Al Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and to countries supporting those organizations directly or indirectly.
• In the year 2016 New Yorker editor Amy Davidson and Boston Globe reporter James Pindell described Gabbard as a potential 2020 presidential candidate.
• Tulsi Gabbard calls out Trump's troubling double standard on Al-Qaeda.

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Awards

• On 25th November 2013, She received the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award.
• On 10th February 2015, she received Outstanding New Member Award.
• On 25th February 2015, she received the 2015 NACo County Alumni Award.
• On 15th July 2015, She received the Friend of the National Parks Award.

Affairs of Tulsi

Tulsi is a married woman. Gabbard was married to Eduardo Tamayo in 2002 and later they divorced on June 5, 2006.

In February 2015, Gabbard accepted the marriage proposal of Abraham Williams and they married on 9th April 2015, in a Vedic-style wedding.

Net worth of Tulsi

Tulsi has got a net worth of $250,000. She is satisfied with her earning.