Former Position: US Representative of CA 25th District from 2020  to 2025(formerly 27th)
Affiliation: Republican
District:  Most of northern Los Angeles County, including the cities of Santa Clarita, Palmdale, and Lancaster, and parts of the northwestern San Fernando Valley

Quotes:
Decades of mismanagement have left our forests as overstocked tinderboxes waiting to burn. I’m taking steps to improve forest management policy by cosponsoring @RepWesterman’s Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2021, which would address the many threats of wildfire. @NatResources

Mike Garcia Asks If “Riots” In Portland, Minnesota Classify As Domestic Terrorism

George Thomas Whitesides (born March 3, 1974) is an American businessman and public official. He was CSO (Chief Space Officer) and long time CEO of Virgin Galactic, a firm developing commercial space vehicles at the Mojave Air and Space Port. He still serves as a member of the Virgin Galactic Advisory Board.

Whitesides was previously Chief of Staff of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Administrator Charles Bolden, a position to which he was named after serving on the NASA transition team for the incoming Obama administration.

On February 22, 2023, he announced his candidacy for California’s 27th congressional district in the 2024 election. Wins the House of Representatives seat in 2024.