Our Guests: Sheriff Mike Boudreaux

About Sheriff Mike Boudreaux

Mike Boudreaux is a 2024 Candidate for Congress to represent California District 20.

Sheriff Boudreaux is also the elected president of the California State Sheriffs Association, representing all 58 sheriffs in the state of California. Sheriff Boudreaux is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, which he attended in Quantico Virginia and has a long track record of defending and supporting the Second Amendment.

Inspired by his father, a detective with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office, Boudreaux joined the department at the age of 19 as a Cadet.

Throughout his 37-year career at the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office, he has worked a variety of assignments in both the Detentions and Operations divisions.

After rising through the ranks, he was appointed Sheriff-Coroner of Tulare County by the Board of Supervisors on October 8, 2013. Boudreaux was duly elected as the 30th Sheriff of Tulare County in 2014 and was re-elected in 2018 and 2022.

Boudreaux pioneered Operation LOCCUST, an expansive, multi-agency operation to eradicate marijuana operations in the San Joaquin Valley that won acclaim from the Bush administration’s Department of Justice – and President Bush himself – in 2008 and served as a model for further anti-drug enforcement efforts at the local level.

Sheriff Boudreaux holds a certificate in Criminology and the Administration of Justice and an Associate of Science degree in the Administration of Justice. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminology and Management, and a Master’s degree with course study in the Administration of Justice and Organizational Development.