America elects its first Hindu to Congress: A 31-year-old female Iraq War vet

America elects its first Hindu to Congress: A 31-year-old female Iraq War vetAmerica elects its first Hindu to Congress: A 31-year-old female Iraq War vetAmerica elects its first Hindu to Congress: A 31-year-old female Iraq War vetAmerica elects its first Hindu to Congress: A 31-year-old female Iraq War vet
Hawaii has made history electing America’s first ever Hindu to the House of Representatives.

Democrat Tulsi Gabbard, 31, defeated K. Crowley of the Republican Party by a strong margin in Hawaii’s second Congressional district.

She is also the first female combat veteran to serve in Congress.

It is thought that as a practising Hindu, Ms Gabbard is likely to take her oath over the sacred text for her religion – the Bhagavad Gita – rather than the Bible.

Proud of her Hindu religion, she is not Indian or of Indian heritage. Ms Gabbard was born in American Samoa to a Catholic father - Hawaii State Senator Mike Gabbard - and a Hindu mother. She moved to Hawaii when she was two and fully embraced her religion as a teenager.
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