"Blue Dog Democrat" Mike Thompson was first elected in 1998 to represent California's First District: All of Napa, Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte Counties and parts of Yolo and Sonoma Counties. In Washington, he is a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where he serves as chair of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence. He's also a co-founder and co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Wine Caucus. His Napa office is in Suite 101 of the Main Street Exchange building next door to the historic Napa Valley Opera House.