Member of the State Assembly, District 13

Rhodesia Ransom is the Democratic Assemblymember for this district. Before Sacramento, they led a nonprofit that connected young people to mental health care and mentorship. They also served on the Tracy City Council and worked as a district director for a member of Congress. In Sacramento they chair the Assembly's Emergency Management Committee. They have authored bills on protecting the Delta, funding career education, and helping students with disabilities.

They say their commitment to public service began in childhood, when they volunteered with their grandmother to bring food and housing help to families in need. They say leadership is about serving others. They wrote a bill that fixed how the state pays out career-education funding. Their office says more than 115 million dollars had gone unspent over five years under the old rule. The bill passed the Legislature with bipartisan support and no opposition.

They promise to keep delivering state money and services for San Joaquin County. Their priorities are working-class families, opportunities for children, and community safety. They say they will keep building on the county's first permanent homeless shelter, which they helped create, and keep pushing water and flood protections for the Delta.

Tom Patti is a Republican and a former San Joaquin County supervisor. He served two terms on the Board of Supervisors, including a term as chair. Before that he built Delta Cranes, a crane company, with his father. As supervisor, he pushed the county toward more shelter beds and treatment instead of relying only on housing programs. He also worked to keep sheriff's deputies from leaving for other counties. This is his first run for the Assembly.

He says California is close to disaster and that leaders need to focus on results, not party politics. In 2024 he ran for Stockton mayor and lost to Christina Fugazi. As supervisor, he says he reopened the county's contract with sheriff's deputies. He raised their pay after other counties began hiring them away.

He promises to bring fiscal responsibility and less regulation to Sacramento. He says Democrats in the Legislature have piled regulation on businesses and that results matter more than politics. His priorities are public safety, jobs, and continuing the county's approach to homelessness, with an emphasis on shelter and treatment.