PERSON: Mike Thompson

U.S. House of Representatives

Member of Congress

Charles Michael Thompson (born January 24, 1951) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California’s 4th congressional district (known as the 1st congressional district until 2013, and the California’s 5th congressional district until 2023) since 1999. The district, in the outer northern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area, includes all of Lake and Napa counties and parts of Contra Costa, Solano, Yolo and Sonoma counties. Thompson chairs the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Thompson was born in St. Helena, California, the son of Beverly Ann and Charles Edward Thompson. His father was of English ancestry and his mother was of Italian and Swiss descent. He was educated at California State University, Chico, served in Vietnam with the United States Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade, was a vineyard owner and maintenance supervisor, taught Public Administration and State Government at San Francisco State University and California State University, Chico, and was a member of the California State Senate before entering the House.

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