Michael M. Honda
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 17th district |
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In office January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Sam Farr |
| Succeeded by | Ro Khanna |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 15th district |
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In office January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Eric Swalwell |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 23rd district |
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In office 1996–2000 |
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| Preceded by | Dominic Cortese |
| Succeeded by | Manny Diaz |
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Michael Makoto Honda June 27, 1941 Walnut Grove, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Jeanne (Deceased 2004) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | San Jose State University (BA, MA) |
Michael Makoto "Mike" Honda (born June 27, 1941) is an American politician. He served as the U.S. Representative for California's 17th congressional district from 2013 - 2017. The district incorporates Silicon Valley, which is the only Asian American-majority district in the continental United States. The district encompasses all or part of the cities of Cupertino, Fremont, Milpitas, Newark, Santa Clara, San Jose, and Sunnyvale. He is a member of the Democratic Party and has been serving in Congress since 2001.
A third-generation Japanese American ("sansei"), Honda was born in 1941 in Walnut Grove, California, the son of Fusako and Giichi Byron Honda. His grandparents were from Kumamoto prefecture and immigrated to the United States in the early 1900s, and both of his parents were born in California.
When he was one year old, he and his family were sent to Camp Amache, a Japanese American internment camp in southeastern Colorado. In 1953 his family returned to California, where they became strawberry sharecroppers in Blossom Valley in San Jose.
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