Duncan D. Hunter

Who is Duncan D. Hunter?

Duncan Duane Hunter is a member of the United States House of Representatives. He has served in Congress since 2009, previously representing California's 52nd congressional district, where he was preceded in office by his father, Duncan Lee Hunter. As a result of redistricting, Hunter switched to the neighboring 50th district at the start of the 113th Congress in 2013. Hunter is a member of the Republican Study Committee, as his father was.

Hunter is a member of the Republican Party, and his district covers almost all of San Diego County except for the coastal and border areas. Hunter's district includes Fallbrook, San Marcos, Valley Center, Escondido, Santee, Lakeside, and mountain and desert areas stretching to the Imperial County line.

Hunter is a reserve United States Marine Corps officer and a veteran of both the Iraq War and the War in Afghanistan. He is one of seven members of the U.S. Congress who have served in either Iraq or Afghanistan and was the first combat veteran of either conflict to serve in the Congress.