- Anacortes, Washington (Wikipedia)
Anacortes (/ˌænəˈkɔːrtəs/ AN-ə-KOR-təs) is a city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The name “Anacortes” is an adaptation of the name of Anne Curtis Bowman, who was the wife of early Fidalgo Island settler Amos Bowman. Anacortes’ population was 17,637 at the time of the 2020 census. It is one of two principal cities of and included in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes Metropolitan Statistical Area.
- Tulsi Gabbard (Wikipedia)
Tulsi Gabbard (/ˈtʌlsi ˈɡæbərd/ TUL-see GAB-ərd; born April 12, 1981) is an American politician, United States Army Reserve officer, and a political commentator. She served as U.S. Representative for Hawaii’s 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2021 and was the first Samoan-American member of Congress. She started her political career in 2002 when she became the youngest woman elected to the Hawaii state legislature at the age of 21. She ran as a candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries. She left the Democratic Party in October 2022 to become an independent, before joining the Republican Party in 2024.
