John Mica

John Mica is an eight-term Republican Representative for Florida's 7th Congressional District, The Fightin' 7th.

He was interviewed by Stephen Colbert for Part 4 of The Colbert Report's 435 434 part series, Better Know A District on November 9, 2005.

Mr. Mica ran unopposed in the chad-free election of 2004, winning with either 0% or 100% of the vote. He won again in 2006, thanks to The Colbert Bump, with 63% of the vote despite having an actual opponent.

Factoids

 * Republican leader of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
 * Believes pilots should be armed.
 * Has never been forced to remove his toupee at airport security