Mike Honda served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2001-2017 for California’s 15th and 17th Congressional Districts, respectively. As a representative of the 15th District, Mike served on the House Committee on Science and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. He became the vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee in 2005 and prior to that, he was the regional Whip for Northern California, Hawaii, American Samoa and Guam as the Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC).

Before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, Mike Honda was involved with the San Jose’s Planning Commission, San Jose Unified School Board, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and the California Assembly.

He graduated from San Jose University with two Bachelor’s Degrees in Biological Sciences and Spanish as well as a Master’s Degree in Education.