2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

California Assembly District 13

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Tom Patti

Republican

Work: Businessman; elected to the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors in 2016

Ballot designation filed with the California Secretary of State: Businessman.

Tom Patti was elected to the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors in 2016 and lists "Businessman" as his ballot designation. He was chief executive officer of TPA Trust.

Sources for Patti

Certified List of Candidates for the November 3, 2026, General Election (California Secretary of State, Public record)
Tom Patti: candidate profile (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))
Tom Patti (Wikipedia, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Rhodesia Ransom

DemocraticIncumbent

In office now: State Assembly Member, District 13
Work: State Assemblymember, 13th District; former Tracy City Council member

Rhodesia Ransom is the sitting State Assembly Member for District 13 in the California State Legislature, a district that includes all or part of San Joaquin County.

Rhodesia Ransom was elected to the California Assembly in 2024. She served on the Tracy City Council from 2016 to 2020 and earlier on the city's planning commission, was executive director of the Sow a Seed Community Foundation and taught as an adjunct at the University of Phoenix.

Ransom's committees

Agriculture
Emergency Management (Chair)
Local Government
Transportation
Select Committee on Community Economic Mobility and Investment
Select Committee on Cybersecurity
Select Committee on Downtown Recovery
Select Committee on Housing Construction Innovation
Select Committee on Ports and Goods Movement
Joint Committee on Fairs Allocation and Classification
Joint Legislative Audit
Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management (Vice Chair)

Sources for Ransom

Rhodesia Ransom: official member information (California State Legislature (California State Senate; California State Assembly), Public record)
California State Legislature: current member roster (California State Legislature (California State Senate; California State Assembly), Public record)
Certified List of Candidates for the November 3, 2026, General Election (California Secretary of State, Public record)
Rhodesia Ransom: candidate profile (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))
Rhodesia Ransom (Wikipedia, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Sources

Candidate list and race details

Certified List of Candidates for the November 3, 2026, General Election (California Secretary of State, Public record)

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