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Mayor of Lathrop

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City of Lathrop

Mayor of Lathrop

Lathrop's Mayor is directly elected citywide. The term is two years. The Mayor presides over a five-member City Council. All five members, including the Mayor, are elected at-large. An appointed City Manager runs day-to-day operations.

Incumbent Mayor Paul Akinjo is running for a second term. He faces Minnie "Cotton" Diallo. She is a sitting Councilwoman. She is a former Vice Mayor. Diallo is giving up her Council seat. She is running for Mayor instead.

Lathrop's Mayor is elected citywide, at large, to a 2-year term. The Mayor presides over a 5-member City Council. That is the Mayor plus four Council Members, all elected at large. Lathrop is a general-law, council-manager city in San Joaquin County. It had about 28,701 residents in the 2020 Census. The city was incorporated July 1, 1989. City Manager Stephen J. Salvatore runs day-to-day work under Council direction.

This is a direct plurality election. There is no primary and no runoff. Whoever gets the most votes on November 3 wins outright. Akinjo was first elected Mayor in the Nov. 5, 2024 General Municipal Election. That term expires this December. Diallo now serves on the Council. She served as Vice Mayor before that. Her own Council seat is not on this ballot. Only two of the four Council seats expire this cycle, and hers is not one of them.

Paul Akinjo

Paul Akinjo's ballot title is City of Lathrop Mayor. He cites secured transit funding. He cites the new River Islands High School. He also cites an expansion of the city's Wastewater Treatment Facility. He launched "Slow Down Lathrop." That is a pedestrian safety program. He says the city has kept a balanced budget.

Minnie "Cotton" Diallo

Minnie "Cotton" Diallo's ballot title is City of Lathrop Councilwoman. She helped hand out food and water boxes during COVID-19. They went to Lathrop families and seniors. She also helped secure bus transportation for students. She wants the Mayor's appointments to city boards to be open. She says they should be transparent and merit based.

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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.

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