A possible 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, Tulsi Gabbard, made a stop in Wyoming this past weekend for her Aloha Michigan! fundraiser campaign.
Gabbard, who currently is the U.S. Representative for Hawaii’s Second Congressional District, toured through Michigan, making stops in Flint to talk to residents there about water issues and then to Ohana Gardens in Detroit.
The Congresswoman has a connection to West Michigan in that her mother, Carol Gabbard, who travelled with her, is from the area. Originally born in Indiana, Carol Gabbard moved to East Grand Rapids at a young age and graduated from East Grand Rapids High School in 1965. She then attended and graduated in 1969 from the University of Michigan before moving to Hawai’i.
Congresswoman Gabbard has lived on Hawai’i all of her life. At age 21, she was the youngest person ever elected to the Hawai’i State Legislature in 2002 and was the first person to voluntarily step down from public office to serve in the the Army National Guard in the Middle East in 2004. She was elected to the U.S. House in 2012. According to an article in The Washington Post, “11 Democratic women who could run for president in 2020, ranked,” Congresswoman Gabbard made waves during the 2016 primary race when she emerged as a strong backer of Bernie Sanders, resigning her post as vice chair of the Democratic National Committee.
Gabbard has not declared her candidacy however there is a Run Tulsi Run website which states it is a grassroots movement to encourage her to run for president in 2020 and Aloha Michigan! website run by the Tulsi for Hawai’i.
