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C. Michael Thompson, a Democrat, has represented the 1st Congressional District of California in the United States House of Representatives since 1999.

Contents 1 Record and controversies 1.1 Iraq War 1.2 Environmental record 2 Biography 2.1 2006 elections 2.2 2008 elections 3 Money in Politics 4 Committees and Affiliations 4.1 Committees 4.1.1 Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008) 4.2 Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006) 4.3 Coalitions and Caucuses 4.4 Boards and other Affiliations 5 More Background Data 6 Contact 7 Articles and resources 7.1 Local blogs and discussion sites

Record and controversies

Congressional scorecards

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Iraq War

Thompson voted against the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 that started the Iraq War.^[1]

Environmental record

For more information on environmental legislation, see the Energy and Environment Policy Portal

Biography

Thompson was born January 24, 1951 in St. Helena, California, and educated at California State University. He served in the United States Army, 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.

He is married to Janet Thompson and has two sons. He is a member of the Blue Dog and New Democratic Coalitions.

Thompson was first elected to this seat in 1998.

2006 elections

In 2006, the Republicans nominated John W. Jones to face Thompson in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006) [1] Thompson retained his seat.

2008 elections

This information was gathered by volunteer researchers as part of the Superdelegate Transparency Project on the superdelegates for the 2008 Democratic presidential primary. For more info see the California superdelegate tracker or visit the STP homepage.

Before Hillary Clinton conceded the race, Michael Thompson, as a superdelegate, had endorsed her for President.

Money in Politics

This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. For specific controversies, see this article's record and controversies section.

Top Contributors to during the 2008 Election Cycle
Donor	Amount (US Dollars)
Gallo Winery	$ 17,500
Northwestern Mutual	$ 13,000
PG&E Corp	$ 10,103
AFLAC Inc	$ 10,000
American Crystal Sugar	$ 10,000
American Institute of CPAs	$ 10,000
American Seniors Housing Assn	$ 10,000
Assn for Advanced Life Underwriting	$ 10,000
Blue Dog PAC	$ 10,000
Brown-Forman Corp	$ 10,000
Source: The Center for Responsive Politics' www.OpenSecrets.org site. Note: Contributions are not from the organizations themselves, but are rather from the organization's PAC, employees or owners. Totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.

Links to more campaign contribution information for Michael Thompson from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org site.
Fundraising profile:	2008 election cycle	Career totals
Top contributors by organization/corporation:	2008 election cycle	Career totals
Top contributors by industry:	2008 election cycle	Career totals

• Revolving door profile for Michael Thompson from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• 2006 privately funded travel profile for Michael Thompson from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• Personal finance profile for Michael Thompson from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.

Committees and Affiliations

Committees

• House Committee on Ways and Means
  • Subcommittee on Health
  • Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures
• House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008)

• House Committee on Ways and Means
  • Subcommittee on Health
  • Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures
• House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)

• House Committee on Ways and Means
  • Subcommittee on Health
  • Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures

Coalitions and Caucuses

• House Co Chair, Congressional Sportsman's Caucus
• Co Chair, Congressional Wine Caucus
• Co Chair, Military Veterans Caucus
• New Democratic Coalition

Boards and other Affiliations

• American Legion
• Business and Professional Women's Association
• Cal Trout
• California Faculty Association
• Ducks Unlimited
• Native Sons of the Golden West
• Sons of Italy
• Vietnam Veterans of America, Redwood Chapter

More Background Data

• Background information on Michael Thompson from Project Vote Smart

• Interest group scorecard ratings for Michael Thompson from Project Vote Smart

• Voting record for Michael Thompson from the Washington Post database

• Information on Michael Thompson from Congress Merge

Wikipedia also has an article on Michael Thompson. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.

Contact

DC office
231 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Ph: 202-225-3311 Fax: 202-225-4335 Webform email
District offices
1040 Main Street, Suite 101 Napa, CA 94559-2605 Ph: 707-226-9898 Fax: (none entered) 317 3rd Street, Suite 1 Eureka, CA 95501-0487 Ph: 707-269-9595 Fax: (none entered) 30 North Franklin, PO Box 2208 Fort Bragg, CA 95437 Ph: 707-962-0933 Fax: (none entered) 712 Main Street, Suite 1 Woodland, CA 95695 Ph: 530-662-5272 Fax: (none entered)
On the Web
Official website YouTube channel
Campaign office
No campaign website entered. No campaign webform email entered. No campaign office information entered.

Articles and resources

• Official website
• Open Secrets - 2006 congressional races database

Local blogs and discussion sites

• Tiger Beat: Music, Culture, and Politics

Semantic data (Edit data)

From the Sunlight Foundation API
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