Mike Garcia

Driven by a love of country, Mike Garcia, a first-generation American has served his nation in combat, in business and in Congress.  He is a native of California. After graduating from the US Naval Academy with Distinction and earning a Masters degree from Georgetown University in National Security Studies, he became one of the Navy’s first F/A-18 Super Hornet strike fighter pilots. Mike flew over 30 combat missions during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, logged more than 1500 tactical hours and landed on an aircraft carrier more than 300 times.

Upon leaving the Navy Mike joined the Raytheon company for 11 years. As a vice president at Raytheon’s Space and Airborne Systems he was accountable for $5.5-7B in bookings per year and was responsible for profit/loss of a product line with revenue of ~$350M/year. During his time at Raytheon he captured nearly a dozen intensely competitive program pursuits valued in excess of $5B.   While in the Navy and at Raytheon Mike was also a successful real estate investor and small business owner.  

As a Congressman, Mike represented California’s 27th District (North Los Angeles County). He sat on the House Appropriations Committee, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (Intel Committee or HPSCI) and the Science, Space and Technology Committee (SST). As such, he was the Authorizer and/or Appropriator for every DoD, Space (NASA, commercial sector) and Intelligence (CIA, FBI, DIA, etc) program with jurisdiction over nearly $1T in annual appropriations.

While in one of the most competitive seats in the Nation, Mike served 3 terms and was viewed as a subject matter expert for all matters related to DoD and National Security.  His allegiances have always been to the Country and not to a political party. Mike believes our nation needs stronger leaders who are underpinned by conservative values.  Americans and legislators should be inspired to serve, not recruited.   While he loves his home state of California, Mike believes Californians deserve better policies and stronger leadership. He was the first member of his party to flip a seat in CA in 22 years and was the first Hispanic to serve in Congress from his party from CA since 1883.

Born in Granada Hills and raised in Saugus, he lives in Santa Clarita CA with his wife, Rebecca, and their two sons Preston (18) and Jett (8).