U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: A Timeline


Jan. 20 - Age on Inauguration Day 39 years, 9.3 months.







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Nov. 2 - Elected to Honolulu City Council.

April - Resigns to focus on run for Congress.  Aug. 11 - Wins Dem. primary, def. Mufi Hannemann by 54.0% to 33.6%.
Nov. 6 - Elected to the U.S. House with 76.8% of the vote.
Jan. 22 - Elected vice chair of the DNC.
Nov. 4 - Re-elected to Congress with 75.8% of the vote.
Marries Abraham Williams.
Feb. 28 - Resigns as DNC vice chair and endorses Bernie Sanders.
Nov. 8 - Re-elected to Congress with 76.2% of the vote.
Jan. - Meets with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Nov. 6 - Re-elected to Congress with 74.0% of the vote.
Feb. 2 - Formally announces at rally in Hilton Hawaiian Villiage in Honolulu, HI.
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2012
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Marries Eduardo Tamayo.
Elected to the Hawaii House of Reps. at age 21.

Joins Hawai'i Army National Guard.
Serves in Iraq in a field medical unit of the Hawai'i Army National Guard, 2004-05.
Iraq.
Starts as legislative aide to U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka.
Divorces.
Graduates from Accelerated Officer Candidate School at the Alabama Military Academy.
B.S. in business administration from Hawaii Pacific University.
Deployed to Kuwait.
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2009

 




...home schooled except for two years in the Philippines.





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Born April 12, 1981 in Leloaloa, American Samoa, fourth of five children.

Family moves to Hawaii.



...home schooled...


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1989

Gabbard's father is a Hawaii State Senator (+).




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