Barbara Honegger
U.S. Representative, 20th District
Party Preference: None
Occupation:  Political‐Military Affairs Author            

I am a committed Independent with a decades‐long record of courageously serving the public interest. I have served in high‐level positions in the Federal Government, including White House Policy Analyst and Special Assistant to the Assistant to the President, and for over a decade was the Senior Military Affairs Journalist at the Naval Postgraduate School ‐‐ the premiere science, technology and national security affairs graduate research university of the Department of Defense.  

From my position as Director of the Attorney General’s Gender Discrimination Law Review at the U.S. Department of Justice, I exposed the Administration’s plan to weaken the enforcement of all federal Civil Rights laws, resigning publicly to a week of national publicity that interfered with the plan.  

My book ‘October Surprise’, exposing the deep story behind the Iran side of the Iran/Contra scandal, led to an official investigation by the U.S. House of Representatives.

I was the elected Congressional District Coordinator for Ross Perot’s independent United We Stand America, for what was then California Congressional District 17, now CD 20, and was National Coordinator for Women for the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s campaign for President.

I hold a B.A. degree from Stanford University, an M.S. degree from John F. Kennedy University, and Masters level certification in National Security Decision‐making from the Naval War College.  

This is the second time I have run for this seat in Congress.  I ran in the special election when Mr. Panetta stepped down, and was endorsed by the Salinas Californian for my “public integrity.”