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Freshman state
representative puts
people over politics
By JULIE A. PALM REP. ADRIAN
TAM, member of
Hawaii House of
Representatives |
COURTESY PHOTO
J ust 28 years old, Adrian Tam earned local head-
lines for unseating a seven-term incumbent in
the Hawaii House of Representatives. Then he
earned national headlines for soundly defeating the founder
of the local right-wing Proud Boys chapter in the general
election.
It was an impressive start for a political newcomer, and Tam hasn’t
stopped racking up accomplishments during his first term in office.
“You work so hard to get in office, you need to work hard to stay in
or that early work is lost,” says Tam, the only openly gay lawmaker in
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