Photos: A look back at Tulsi Gabbard’s political career
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FL MORRIS / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER / NOV. 2002
Mike Gabbard reacts to printout numbers on November 5, 2002. His wife, Carol, left, and daughter, Tulsi, sit next to him. Tulsi was also a candidate in the State House 42 race.2/45
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FL MORRIS / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER / NOV. 2002
Mike Gabbard talks with TV media at his election afterparty in Ewa Beach on November 5, 2002. His daughter, Tulsi Gabbard Tomayo, stands next to him.3/45
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GREGG KAKESAKO / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER / OCT. 2008
State Sen. Mike Gabbard was greeted by his daughter, 2nd Lt. Tulsi Tamayo who is a military police officer with the Hawaii Army National Guard's 29th Brigade Combat Team. Gabbard was with a group of a dozen government and civic leaders who were flown to Texas by the National Guard to observe the brigade training for a deployment to Kuwait. They are pictured at Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport on October 19, 2008.
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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM / NOV. 2010
City Council candidate Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo, left, holds signs with supporter, Eunjin Chang, and brother Ryan O'Neill Gabbard, on November 2, 2010 on Queen Emma Street.5/45
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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM / JAN. 2011
The new council is sworn in at City Hall. Councilmen Ernie Martin, Breene Harimoto, Tulsi Gabbard-Tamayo, and Stanley Chang take the oath of office from Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Mark Recktenwald, on January 3, 2011.6/45
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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM / JAN. 2011
New councilwoman Tulsi Gabbard-Tamayo, middle, is congratulated by former councilman, Gary Okino, left, and her father, Sen. Mike Gabbard, on January 3, 2011.7/45
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BRUCE ASATO / BASATO@STARADVERTISER.COM / JULY 2012
Tulsi Gabbard held a press conference to discuss a complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission on her behalf against Mufi Hannemann and his campaign treasurer for not complying with federal requirements including detailing of travel and polling expenses. Gabbard holds a printout of the complaint filed with the FEC on July 9, 2012.8/45
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CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM / JULY 2012
2nd District Congressional democratic candidates Mufi Hanneman, Esther Kia'aina, Bob Marx and Tulsi Gabbard participated in a debate at Hawaii News Now on July 12, 2012.9/45
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JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM / AUG. 2012
Democratic Congress candidate Tulsi Gabbard speaks at her campaign headquarters on August 11, 2012 at the Blaisdell Convention Hall.10/45
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JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM / AUG. 2012
U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye speaks with Democratic Congress candidate Tulsi Gabbard at her campaign headquarters on August 11, 2012 at the Blaisdell Convention Hall.11/45
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JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM / AUG. 2012
Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie greets Democratic Congress candidate Tulsi Gabbard at her campaign headquarters on August 11, 2012 at the Blaisdell Convention Hall.12/45
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DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARADVERTISER.COM / AUG. 2012
Tulsi Gabbard held a press conference on the side of Honolulu Hale to announce that she is resigning from the Honolulu City Council effective immediately, a move that likely will save the city the $150,000 cost of needing to hold a special election to replace her. She won the Democratic primary for Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District seat and faces little known Republican Kawika Crowley of Hilo in the Nov. 6 general election. After the press conference, she is with some of her staff on August 16, 2012.13/45
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CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM / SEPT. 2012
U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono spoke during a tribute to the late Honorable Patsy T. Mink who died 10 years ago on September 28, 2002, at a gathering held in Ala Wai Park on September 28, 2012. Also present for the tribute were congressional candidate and former city councilwoman Tulsi Gabbard and fellow U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa.14/45
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KAT WADE / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER / NOV. 2012
Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo, the Democratic candidate for the 2012 United States House of Representatives, is introduced by Rep. Colleen Hanabusa to her victory speech at the Japanese Cultural Center on November 6, 2012.15/45
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KAT WADE / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER / NOV. 2012
Tulsi Gabbard prepares to gives her victory speech at the Japanese Cultural Center on November 6, 2012.16/45
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KAT WADE / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER / NOV. 2012
Congresswoman-elect Tulsi Gabbard gives the "Gift of Words" during the 51st Nuuanu Interfaith Spirit of Giving themed Thanksgiving service at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin Buddhist temple on November 20, 2012. Pictured is her reaction to the audience after saying she is honored to be serving in the first congress to have more women and minorities than white males.17/45
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DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARADVERTISER.COM / DEC. 2012
Newly elected Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard visits the State Capitol where she was once in the state legislature. She is standing on the House floor on December 21, 2012.18/45
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / JAN. 2013
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, stands for a ceremonial photo with Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, left, in the Rayburn Room of the Capitol after the new 113th Congress convened on January 3, 2013, in Washington.19/45
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JAMES LAWLER DUGGAN / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER / JAN. 2013
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Sen. Mazie Hirono, Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, and Sen. Brian Schatz attend the Hawaii Presidential Center Inaugural Gala in Washington, D.C., on January 19, 2013.20/45
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BRUCE ASATO / BASATO@STARADVERTISER.COM / NOV. 2013
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard leads the applause after presenting the Purple Heart medal to Sgt. 1st Class Takumi Abe of the Hawaii Army National Guard's 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team at Kalaeloa on November 10, 2013. Sgt. 1st Class Abe was wounded in 2011 while deployed in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Congresswoman Gabbard held the rank of Captain in the 29th Infantry Brigade.21/45
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JAMES LAWLER DUGGAN / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER / JAN. 2013
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-HI, talks with other attendees at the Hawaii Presidential Center Inaugural Gala in Washington, D.C., on January 19, 2013.22/45
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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM / FEB. 2013
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Rep. Mark Takai talk with a veteran. The new veterans court was up and running with three felony mental health cases held before Judge Ed Kubo on February 22, 2013.23/45
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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM / FEB. 2013
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Judge Ed Kubo at the new veterans court on February 22, 2013.24/45
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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM / NOV. 2013
General Vincent K. Brooks, left, Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard and Cadet SFC Nohorai Hart place a wreath at Punchbowl. Gabbard was the keynote speaker at the Veterans Day Ceremony on November 11, 2013.25/45
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JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM / JAN. 2014
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard swears in Officer-Elects during the 63rd annual YMCA Youth in Government State Session on January 18, 2014 at the State Capitol Senate chambers in downtown Honolulu.26/45
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JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM / MAY 2014
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard speaks during the 2014 Roll Call of Honor in Remembrance Ceremony on May 25, 2014 at the National Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl in Honolulu. The ceremony, in its 16th year, pays respect to all Pacific American veterans for their past and continuing services to the country. The 2014 ceremony honored the veterans of the Vietnam War.27/45
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DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARADVERTISER.COM / JULY 2014
The 68th Annual Kailua Independence Day Parade winds itself down Kainalu Drive. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard waves to the crowd.28/45
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KRYSTLE MARCELLUS / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER / AUG. 2014
Sen. Brian Schatz and his wife Linda Kwok, center, get words of encouragement from Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, left at Schatz headquarters in the Pioneer Plaza Building on August 9, 2014.29/45
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KRYSTLE MARCELLUS / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER / AUG. 2014
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, left, talks with Rep. Tulsi Gabbard at the Democratic party's Unity Breakfast at the Dole Cannery Ballroom on August 10, 2014.30/45
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DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARADVERTISER.COM / OCT. 2014
The Warriors Transition Battalion (WTB) Campus was dedicated on October 31, 2014. SFC Bonifacio J. Castro II talks with Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard.31/45
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / JAN. 2015
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio poses for a photo Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, right, to re-enact the House oath-of-office on January 6, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington.32/45
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KRYSTLE MARCELLUS / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER / MARCH 2016
Jane Sanders, left, talked with Joseph Rodenay (Army Staff Sgt. not active), right, at a veterans roundtable with Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, center, at Tommy Kakesako Hall in Ke'ehi Lagoon Memorial Park on March 20, 2016.33/45
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JOHN BERGER / JBERGER@STARADVERTISER.COM / MARCH 2016
From left to right: Danny Kaleikini, U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka, Rear Admiral Dr. Kenneth Moritsugu, Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard and Linda Wong are pictured at the Honolulu Country Club on March 31, 2016.34/45
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / APRIL 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., holds hands with Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, during a town hall at Gettysburg College, on April 22, 2016, in Gettysburg, Pa.35/45
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / JAN. 2017
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. administers the House oath of office to Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, during a mock swearing in ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 3, 2017, as the 115th Congress began.36/45
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CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM / MAY 2017
The 19th Annual Roll Call of Honor in Remembrance Ceremony was held at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific on May 28, 2017 in honor of Pacific American veterans. Pictured holding hands during the mele "Hawaii Aloha" is (l-r) Adm. Harry B. Harris, Jr., Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and U.S. Sen. Brian Shatz.37/45
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BRUCE ASATO / BASATO@STARADVERTISER.COM / MAY 2017
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, U.S.-Japan Council President Irene Hirano Inouye and Ken Inouye, son of Daniel K. Inouye, participated in the dedication ceremony for the official naming of the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on May 30, 2017.38/45
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CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM / AUG. 2017
Fifteen Army veterans from World War II, the Korean and Vietnam wars were honored at an official Purple Heart Presentation Ceremony hosted by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Rainbow Chapter 483 on August 12, 2017. The Purple Heart medal is awarded to U.S. military personnel who have been wounded or killed during their service. Pictured is Rep. Tulsi Gabbard pinning the medal on Vietnam War veteran Charles Reau, 67.39/45
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DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARADVERTISER.COM / JAN. 2018
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, right, endorsed Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa who is running for governor. The announcement was made at a press conference at the Korean and Vietnam Wars Memorial on the lawn of the Hawaii State Capitol on January 24, 2018.40/45
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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM / APRIL 2018
U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz holds a hearing on the Hawaii false missile alert with a panel of representatives from the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, Federal Communications Commission and United States Pacific Command on April 5. 2018. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, Sen. Mazie HIrono and Sen. Brian Schatz were present.41/45
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BRUCE ASATO / BASATO@STARADVERTISER.COM / JUNE 2018
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard addresses the crowd at The Sacred Heart Shelter in Puna June 30, 2018.42/45
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BRUCE ASATO / BASATO@STARADVERTISER.COM / JUNE 2018
From left to right: Mayor Harry Kim, State Rep. Joy San Buenaventura, County Councilmember Eileen O'Hara, Governor David Ige, and Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard at the blessing of The Sacred Heart Shelter in Puna on June 30, 2018.43/45
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JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM / AUG. 2018
Gov. David Ige is greeted by Rep. Tulsi Gabbard after opponent, Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa, conceded during the 2018 primary elections on August 11, 2018 at Ige's campaign headquarters at the Pagoda Hotel.44/45
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CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM / AUG. 2018
Democratic 1st District Congressional candidate Ed Case and Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard spoke with each other as Audrey Nakamura and state Sen. Clarence Nishihara greeted each other at the Unity Breakfast held at Dole Cannery on August 12, 2018.45/45
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PAUL STEINHAUSER / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER / DEC. 2018
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard speaks to Democrats in New Hampshire on December 2, 2018.
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