The
Kusug Tausug partylist first won a seat at the
2016 elections. This seat by the organization advocating for the
Tausūg people and other marginalized sectors was filled in by first nominee Shernee Tan-Tambut. She is known for questioning the alleged corruption behind the budget usage in the now defunct
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). She won two fresh mandates in the
2019 and
2022 elections. She proposed expanding the martial law imposed in
Mindanao by President
Rodrigo Duterte via
Proclamation No. 216 in response to the 2017
Marawi siege nationwide. She believed that the presence of the
New People's Army in Visayas and Mindanao could justify the expansion. Tan-Tambut also opposed the provision of the
Bangsamoro Organic Law which did not allow individual provinces in the ARMM to vote if they want to be included in the new
Bangsamoro autonomous region. Her province of
Sulu was included in the new region which replaced the ARMM in 2019 despite most Sulu residents voting against the
2019 plebiscite. The Supreme Court nullified Sulu's inclusion in September 2024. For the
2025 election, she ran for the position of vice mayor of
Maimbung under the
Lakas party. Outgoing vice mayor Aiman Tan was named Kusug's first nominee to replace Tan-Tambut. ==Personal life==