Tulsi Gabbard announced that she will not seek re-election to Congress in 2020 in order to focus on her presidential campaign.
Gabbard’s decision is also likely to stoke speculation that she is considering mounting a third-party presidential campaign, especially amid her high-profile clash over the past week with Hillary Clinton. The former secretary of State has suggested that Russian operatives are “grooming her to be the third-party candidate,” remarks which provoked a fierce rebuke from Gabbard and a defense of the Democratic candidate by President Trump.