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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Mike Holmes |
| Address | 11850 Kemper Rd. Suite D
Auburn, California 95603, United States |
| Email | info@mikeholmesforcongress.com |
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| Info | John Michael "Mike" Holmes
A fifth generation native of Placer County California, Mike was raised in Auburn where he was instilled with the values of integrity, honest work, and service. His interest in Congress began at an early age. And at Placer High School, Mike swiftly demonstrated his leadership skills by being elected to numerous student government offices, including Student Body President his senior year. He was also active in the California Cadet Corps, a military training program, and was selected as the only statewide Cadet Colonel at the encampment at Camp San Luis Obispo that year. A proud alum, Mike was inducted into the Placer High School Hall of Fame in 2003.
After attending Sierra College, Mike went onto San Francisco State University where he graduated with a degree in history. After graduation, he volunteered to join the United States Navy and was commissioned from Officer Candidate School On November 22, 1963. His first shipboard assignment was aboard a destroyer where he was responsible for over 60 men in the ship’s engineering department. During his next tour of duty, Mike was an advisor to the South Vietnamese Navy Junk Force and Sea Forces for over 16 months. For his service, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with combat "V" for valor. Following an assignment on a guided missile cruiser, Mike attended Chinese language school in Washington, D.C., for one year. Intelligence duty in Taiwan and a tour on an oiler off Vietnam completed Mike's early career in the Navy.
Returning to California, Mike attended graduate school at the Monterey Institute of International Studies where he earned a Masters degree in political science and Asian Studies. While teaching history and political science at Hartnell College in Salinas, he completed a Master of Public Administration degree at Golden Gate University before the Navy recalled him in 1980 to serve as an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California. His next assignment was with the chief of Naval Operations in Washington, D.C., where he was an international affairs officer responsible for military sales to the United Kingdom, South Korea, and the People's Republic of China. During that period he served on several working groups coordinating policy within the administration, including representatives from the Department of Defense, the Department of State, the Department of Commerce, and other federal agencies.
Due to his well-honed language skills and diplomatic expertise, Mike was selected as the Naval Attaché to China, where he served in 1989 and 1990. He received the Defense Meritorious Service Medal at the end of that posting. His last two Navy tours were as commander of the only US Naval Base in South Korea where he was responsible for support to the Seventh Fleet, and the health and well-being of over 400 U.S. personnel, dependents and Korean Nationals. This was followed by a tour as Defense and Naval Attaché in Hong Kong. He was awarded the Legion of Merit for his work in Hong Kong.
After his retirement from the Navy in 1994, Mike returned to life as an educator, successfully establishing a Navy JROTC program at a high school in the Los Angeles area.
Upon returning to his hometown in 1999, Mike quickly became involved in community service. He was elected foreman pro tem of the Grand Jury, served as President of the Auburn Cemetery District Board, and was elected to the city council in November 2002. He currently serves as Vice Mayor and chairs the Placer County Air Pollution Control Board. Mike is also a member of the Auburn Rotary Club.
Mike's brief marriage to a high school classmate ended in 1963. He met his current wife, the former Rita Miller, in 1970 while assigned to Washington, D.C. They were married two years ago which brought Rita's daughter from a former marriage, Michelle, into his life. Michelle is a university student in Florida.
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