The word progressive defines the election that Hawaii held recently.
Not only did the 50th state elect Japan-born Mazie Hirono to be the first ever Asian-American woman elected to the Senate, they also elected Democrat Tulsi Gabbard as the first ever-practicing Hindu to US House of Representatives.
Gabbard, who will represent the state’s second district explained in an interview that her election “shows the respect, diversity and love and aloha that people have in Hawaii.”
Gabbard joins fellow Hawaiian Mazie Hirono. Twenty women will be in the U.S. Senate in January, including Wisconsin Democratic Representative Tammy Baldwin, the first openly gay senator.
“I think it’s a perfect time and a great time for Congress to start moving toward this representation on diversity and really this common ideal that regardless of what our differences might be, we all need to come together now to do what’s best for the people,” Gabbard said.