Full Name:
Michael 'Mike' M. Honda
Gender:
Male
Family:
Widowed; 2 Children: Mark, Michelle
Birth Date:
06/27/1941
Birth Place:
Walnut Grove, CA
Home City:
San José, CA
Religion:
Protestant
MA, Education, San José State University, 1974
BS, Biological Sciences, San José State University, 1968
BS, Spanish, San José State University, 1968
Former Senior Whip, United States House of Representatives
Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2001-2017
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, California, District 17, 2016
Regional Whip, United States House of Representatives, 2001-2006
Assembly Member, California State Assembly, 1996-2000
Member, Board of Supervisors, Santa Clara County, 1990-1996
Member, San José Unified School Board, 1981-1990
Member, New Democrat Coalition, present
Former Member, Appropriations Committee, United States House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Congressional Progressive Caucus
Former Member, Democratic Homeland Security Task Force
Former Vice Chair, Democratic National Committee
Former Member, Gang Task Force, Office of the Mayor, San José, California
Former Co-Chair, House LGBT Caucus
Co-Founder, New Media Working Group, Democratic Caucus
Former Commissioner, San José Planning Commission
Former Chair, South County Agriculture Preservation Task Force
Former Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies, United States House of Representatives
Founder, Wireless Task Force, Congressional Internet Caucus
Chair Emeritus, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, 2003-2017
Founding Co-Chair, Congressional Ethiopia and Ethiopian American Caucus, 2003-2017
Chair, South County Agriculture Preservation Task Force, 1995-1996
Former Science Teacher
Former Principal, Hillsdale Elementary School
Former Principal, McKinley Elementary School
Vice Principal, Sylvandale Middle School, 1975-1978
Associate Researcher, Urban-Rural School Development Program, Stanford University, 1974-1975
Former Chair, Countywide Trails Committee
Volunteer, Peace Corps, El Salvador, 1965-1967
Astrological Sign:
Cancer
Father's Occupation:
Strawberry Sharecropper
Mother's Occupation:
Strawberry Sharecropper