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California Legislature · Statewide General Election

Member of the State Assembly, District 13

Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.

On the ballot

Rhodesia Ransom — Democratic · Incumbent
Tom Patti — Republican

This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term).

Record in office

Rhodesia Ransom (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 32 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 4 of them signed into law. Tom Patti has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress; these records cover only those offices. Per the California Legislature's public bill data (leginfo bulk download), retrieved 2026-08-03.

Record details

Ransom — AB 935 (2025): State agencies: complaints: demographic data. Ransom — AB 899 (2025): Beverage containers: recycled glass: market development. Ransom — AB 741 (2025): Department of Justice: child abuse reporting. Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record.

Financial info

Small donors
Individuals
PACs & committees
Businesses & other orgs

Rhodesia Ransom

$703,197 raised

Small donors$669<1%
Individuals$51,5007%
PACs & committees$427,77161%
Businesses & other orgs$218,40031%

Tom Patti

$21,202 raised

Individuals$19,55293%
Businesses & other orgs$1,4507%

Figures are CA Form 460 filings through June 30, 2026 by committees controlled by each candidate, and can include transfers from a candidate's earlier committees. Semi-annual reports covering January–June 2026 were due July 31, 2026, so some totals lag a period behind. Per the California Secretary of State's Cal-Access raw data export, retrieved 2026-08-03.

June 2 primary — how they advanced

Rhodesia Ransom (Democratic)58.3% · 40,088 votes

Tom Patti (Republican)35.3% · 24,282 votes

Ali Jafri (Republican)4.1% · 2,849 votes

Eliza Dy (No Party Preference)2.3% · 1,568 votes

Source review: Very strong (98/100) · 3 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)CA Secretary of State — Statement of Vote, June 2, 2026 primary (certified 2026-07-10)
downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)California Legislative Information — public bill data (bulk download)
sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)Cal-Access raw data export — California Secretary of State

Last updated August 3, 2026.