Garcia, Mike, 1976-

Michael Joseph Garcia (born April 24, 1976) is an American politician and former United States Navy pilot. A member of the Republican Party, he has served as the U.S. Representative for California's 25th congressional district since 2020.

Born in Granada Hills, California and raised in Santa Clarita, California, he graduated from Saugus High School in Santa Clarita before earning a B.S. from the United States Naval Academy and an M.A. from Georgetown University. Garcia joined the United States Navy in May 1998, and was sent to flight school at Naval Air Station Pensacola. He was deployed as an F/A-18 pilot from the USS Nimitz. During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, he participated in over thirty combat missions before being honorably discharged. He subsequently joined the Raytheon Company as an executive. Throughout eleven years as an executive with Raytheon, Congressman Garcia was responsible for business growth and the creation of hundreds of jobs.

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