Tom Patti
Tom Patti was a member of the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors in California, representing District 3. He assumed office in 2017. He left office on January 6, 2025.
Patti ran for election for Mayor of Stockton in California. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Patti completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Tom Patti was born in Stockton, California. He attended Delta College. His career experience includes working as a business owner.[1]
He has been affiliated with the following organizations:[2]
- Child Abuse Prevention Council
- March of Dimes
- Equal Employment Opportunity Advisory Committee
- Stockton Crime Stoppers, board of directors
- African American Chamber, “Man about Town”
- National Federation of Independent Business Owners
- Stockton Builder’s Exchange
- San Joaquin County Farm Bureau
- Delta College Foundation
Patti served on the following committees for the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors:
- Aviation Advisory Committee
- Bay Area Regional Airport Planning Committee
- Behavioral Health Board
- Children & Youth Task Force
- City/County/Port/Union Liaison Committee
- City/County/Transit District Liaison Committee
- Community Corrections Partnership
- Community Development Block Grant Advisory Committee
- Countywide Oversight Board
- Economic Development Association
- Health Care Services Review Project
- Hospital Joint Conference Committee
- Integrated Waste Management Plan Task Force
- Local Agency Formation Commission
- Mountain House Public Financing Authority
- San Joaquin Flood Control Agency
- Lathrop/County Ad Hoc Committee
- Manteca/County Ad Hoc Committee
- Education Ad Hoc Committee
Elections
2024
See also: Mayoral election in Stockton, California (2024)
General election
General election for Mayor of Stockton
Christina Fugazi defeated Tom Patti in the general election for Mayor of Stockton on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Christina Fugazi (Nonpartisan) | 54.0 | 45,674 |
 | Tom Patti (Nonpartisan)  | 46.0 | 38,902 | |
| Total votes: 84,576 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Stockton
The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of Stockton on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tom Patti (Nonpartisan) | 34.3 | 13,834 |
| ✔ | | Christina Fugazi (Nonpartisan) | 22.6 | 9,123 |
 | Daniel Wright (Nonpartisan) | 18.6 | 7,490 | |
 | Jesus Andrade (Nonpartisan) | 13.5 | 5,441 | |
 | Jessica Velez (Nonpartisan) | 7.8 | 3,139 | |
| Shakeel Ahmad (Nonpartisan) | 3.2 | 1,305 | ||
| Total votes: 40,332 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Patti in this election.
2022
See also: California's 9th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 9
Incumbent Josh Harder defeated Tom Patti in the general election for U.S. House California District 9 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Josh Harder (D) | 54.8 | 95,598 |
| Tom Patti (R) | 45.2 | 78,802 | |
| Total votes: 174,400 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 9
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 9 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Josh Harder (D) | 36.7 | 39,026 |
| ✔ | | Tom Patti (R) | 29.0 | 30,843 |
 | Jim Shoemaker (R) | 14.5 | 15,443 | |
 | Harpreet Chima (D) | 7.9 | 8,433 | |
| Jonathan Madison (R) | 5.6 | 5,992 | ||
 | Khalid Jeffrey Jafri (D) | 3.0 | 3,174 | |
 | Karena Feng (D) | 2.5 | 2,632 | |
 | Mark Andrews (Independent) | 0.7 | 758 | |
| Total votes: 106,301 | |||
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Endorsements
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2020
See also: Municipal elections in San Joaquin County, California (2020)
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors District 3
Incumbent Tom Patti won election outright against Elbert Holman Jr. in the primary for San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors District 3 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tom Patti (Nonpartisan) | 53.9 | 16,441 |
 | Elbert Holman Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 45.7 | 13,935 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 105 | ||
| Total votes: 30,481 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Tom Patti completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Patti's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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It's time for real action and results to reduce the impact of homelessness, ensure the safety of our families, boost job creation, create more opportunity, increase pay, and make City Hall more responsive to issues that affect our daily lives - like fighting crime, reducing homelessness, fixing potholes, making government more accessible to the public, and holding people accountable.
Tom Patti is a second-generation Stocktonian who graduated from local schools and attended Delta College.
As a single dad, Tom is passionate about ensuring safe communities and opportunities for families. He understands the importance of affordable education and is working to ensure our youth have the opportunities for higher education or career training.
As a second-generation local business owner, Tom knows that small businesses are the job creators of our community – the engine that drives our society. He is a member of the National Federation of Independent Business Owners, Stockton Builder’s Exchange, and the San Joaquin County Farm Bureau. Tom’s vision is smart economic growth with an eye on the future of sustainable communities.
Tom has been elected to the Board of Supervisors twice. During that time he led efforts to transform how the County deals with homelessness, fought for higher salaries to retain Deputy Sheriffs and Nurses, and helped bring in new jobs and businesses like Tesla and Unifab.- Transform how the city deals with homelessness. It's time to acknowledge that "housing first" has failed - CA has spent billions of dollars with worse than no results - we're actually going backwards. We need to reclaim our streets, get people into shelters with treatment, and create a real path out of addiction and homelessness.
- Ensure safer neighborhoods. Crime has gotten worse. Stockton was named one of the worst cities in the state for violent crimes. I won't let that continue. As County Supervisor, I took unprecedented action when the county started losing Deputies to other communities - I reopened the contract and raised their pay to the median. The result has helped ensure we are keeping the best trained Deputies who know and are from our community. As Mayor, I will push to rebuild our Police Department, ensure Officers are paid a fair wage, restore neighborhood police stations and community policing, and crack down on criminals who are preying on our community.
- We need to revitalize downtown and the Miracle Mile - bringing new venues to give families and young people creative and productive activities, create more jobs, and make downtown an economic powerhouse. I'll push for redevelopment to create entertainment districts with community center, hotels, restaurants, and entertainment venues. This will bring jobs, reduce crime, provide young people with outlets, and generate revenue for businesses and the city.
Cus D'Amato. Cus was a legendy boxing coach, but he was also a mentor, and the lessons he taught in the ring were also a driving force in my life after boxing.
More recently, Answers Behind The Red Door: Battling the Homeless Epidemic helped me gain greater understanding of the homeless crisis - and ways we could help solve it.
Honesty. Everyone makes mistakes. A good leader admits when they make a mistake, then works to fix them.
The most fundamental responsibility is public safety - nothing else works if our residents are not safe in the homes, schools, parks, and businesses.
Government doesn't create jobs, but it can facilitate economic growth by working with the business community to tear down barriers and create opportunities.
Stockton needs a solution to the homeless epidemic. At the county, we have transformed the way we approach the problem. Instead of pouring money into housing (the failed Housing First model - which became housing only and housing forever), we've expanded shelter beds and treatment. We created a rapid response team that gets into encampments and gets the people into shelters and treatment. We have nearly eliminated encampments on county land. We also partnered with cities like Manteca to coordinate efforts - last year Manteca not only reduce encampments, but actualy reduced the number of homeless.
I want to change the trajectory of downtown, creating vitality and energy and opportunity that will ensure our children and grandchildren can build a life here.
I want to demand action and create a culture in city government that demands results and isn't afraid to try something new and innovative.
The Mayor needs to be able to forge coalitions to get those results, but cannot become lost in "analysis paralysis" or fail to take action by trying to please everyone... there is no universal coalition of everyone.
The city manager and other executives' jobs are to implement the agenda.
Mayors need to be able forge coalitions to demand action, not try to appease every interest.
As Chair of the Board of Supervisors, I forged a coalition of my colleagues, leaders in the community, and experts to set the agenda -- then we demanded results from the staff whose job it was to implement it. As a leader, we cannot be afraid to make changes - including changing staff if they are not getting the job done. Sometimes, I ruffled feathers or even pushed too hard, but we got results that helped make the lives of our constituents better.
We have faced hard times and found ways to thrive - we can do the same again.
Revitalizing downtown by bringing in new venues, educational facilities (like a college!), and opprtunities.
Fighting crime. We need to tackle the new and growing problems associated with Fentanyl and gangs.
Homelessness. We have a real opportunity to be one of the first cities to functionally eliminate homeless encampments and give people a pathway out of addiction, hopelessness, and homelessness.
Housing. We need more quality, more quantity, and more affordable options.
I will also work to help engage, educate, and enrich our youth. Starting in my first month, I will create and empower a Mayors Youth Council to identify and implement entertainment, opportunity, and other options for our youth.
We need to be vigilant, especially in regards to infrastructure, water, flood control and other issues.
I am proud to be endorsed by the Stockton Police Officers Association, Deputy Sheriffs Association, and Police Officers Research Association of CA.
Stockton Business Alliance.
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2022
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Tom Patti completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Patti's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Since 2016, I have been fighting for our future in San Joaquin County and the community that has given so much to me and my family. This is our home and I have been proud to raise my family here as we set down roots and invest in our neighbors. For the past 20 years, I have been an advocate for improving our cities as both an employer and volunteer.
You have seen that I can be trusted to deliver on what you and your family need and I intend to take that same commonsense approach to the halls of Congress. My opponent doesn’t live in the district, yet he thinks he understands the needs of our community. It’s easy to say the right things in front of a crowd, but he has been slow to make any real changes for families who, as a result, are now facing some of the highest costs and most extreme shortages in recent memory.
- Lower the cost of living by reining in the reckless spending that has led to record inflation.
- Lower gas prices by promoting domestic energy production.
- Empower parents and local schools to make the best decisions for children.
If you’re anything like me, you’re exhausted from facing crisis after crisis and enduring emotional upheaval nearly every day. It seems like it has been a year and a half of continuous struggle and tumult, but I believe there is a brighter future. That’s why I’m running for Congress.
The prices of gasoline and groceries are skyrocketing and our representatives are tweeting about the issues instead of making changes. Crime has been riddling the streets of nearly every neighborhood in California and the ruling class continues to deflect from the reality that their soft-on-crime policies are to blame for making our streets less safe. The homelessness crisis has increased to a level that cannot be ignored, yet our county is one of the few actively making a difference for those suffering from chronic homelessness. We are tired of being overlooked and having leaders that refuse to make a difference.
As a single father of 7-year old Presley, Tom Patti is dedicated to improving the safety and opportunity in our community.
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2020
Tom Patti did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
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