Mayor of Stockton, California Last updated September 06, 2025 Public office in the United States
The Mayor of the City of Stockton is the official head and chief executive officer of Stockton, California . The mayor is elected for a four-year term and limited to serving no more than two terms. Under the California Constitution , all judicial, school, county, and city offices, including those of chartered cities, are nonpartisan. Christina Fugazi is the city's 81st and current mayor, having assumed office on January 1, 2025.
List of mayors As of 2025, 81 individuals have served as Stockton's mayor since its incorporation as a city in California. [ 2] Ten mayors have served non consecutive terms, the first being E.S. Holden and the most recent being Arnold Rue. The mayor is chosen every four years in a municipal vote. Prior to 1992, the mayor was selected from the City Council. [ 3]
# Mayor Term start Term end Party Notes 1 Samuel Purdy October 5, 1850 1851 Democratic 2 John C. Edwards 1851 1852 Democratic 3 William Baker 1852 January 1853 4 Jacob K. Shafer January 1853 May 1853 Democratic 5 M.B. Kenney May 1853 1854 6 J.M. Buffington 1854 1855 7 Alvin N. Fisher 1855 1856 8 H.W. Gillingham 1856 1857 9 B.W. Bours 1857 1859 10 E.S. Holden 1859 1863 11 George Gray 1863 1866 12 C.T. Meader 1866 1867 13 L.M. Hickman 1867 1868 14 R.B. Lane 1868 1869 (13) L.M. Hickman (2nd) 1869 1870 15 G.S. Evans 1870 1871 (10) E.S Holden 1871 1872 2nd term. 16 Thomas Hook 1872 1873 17 J.K. Doak 1873 1875 18 Frank T. Baldwin 1875 1876 19 T.B. Buck 1876 1878 20 Charles Belding 1878 1879 21 G.C. Hyatt 1879 1881 22 H.O. Southworth 1881 1882 23 R.W. Tully 1882 1884 24 W.C. White 1884 1885 25 J.M. Welsh 1885 1888 26 L.U. Shippee 1888 1889 27 R.R. Reibenstein 1889 1891 28 W.R. Clark 1891 1895 29 J.M. McCall 1895 1895 30 H.N. Boggs 1895 1897 31 William Inglis 1897 1899 32 W.B. Harrison 1899 1901 33 George E. Catts 1901 1903 34 C.E. Williams 1903 1905 35 M.J. Gardner 1905 1907 36 George F. Hudson 1907 1909 (27) R.R. Reibenstein 1909 1916 2nd term. 37 A.C. Oullahan 1916 1921 38 Dana P. Eicke 1921 1923 39 Raymond O. Wheeler 1923 1928 40 Grover A. Grider 1928 1930 41 Carl Tremain 1930 1932 42 Con J. Franke 1932 1935 43 M.F. Richards 1935 1936 44 Ralph W. Fay 1936 1939 45 Gay E. Crane 1939 1940 46 Woodrow Coale 1940 1941 47 Lawrence L. Ventre 1941 1942 48 R.O. Robinson 1942 1943 49 Lewis A. Lodde 1943 1944 (44) Ralph W. Fay 1944 1945 2nd term. (45) Gay E. Crane 1945 1946 2nd term. (46) Woodrow Coale 1947 1948 2nd term. 50 Jerry Keithley 1948 1948 (47) Lawrence L. Ventre 1948 December 1948 2nd term. 51 Angelo Sanguinetti December 1948 1949 52 Dan W. Morrison 1950 1951 53 Woodrow W. LaTeer 1951 1952 (47) Lawrence L. Ventre 1952 1953 3rd term. 54 Carl R. Evanhoe 1953 1954 55 Harvey M. Stull 1954 1955 56 Dean C. DeCarli 1955 1956 57 F.L. Bitterman 1956 1958 (55) Harvey M. Stull 1958 1959 2nd term. (56) Dean C. DeCarli 1959 1959 2nd term. 58 Thomas E. Marnoch 1960 1962 59 Elmer R. Boss 1962 1964 60 Roger M. Huckins 1964 1965 61 Jimmie M. Rishwain 1965 1967 62 Albert Fedler 1967 1968 63 Joseph Doll 1968 1969 64 Arnold Rue 1969 1970 65 Luis Arismendi 1970 1971 (64) Arnold Rue 1971 1972 2nd term. 66 Charles E. Bott 1972 1973 67 Clyde Davis 1973 1974 68 Manuel Silveria 1974 1975 69 Louis "Tom" Madden 1975 1977 (64) Arnold Rue 1977 1978 3rd term. 70 Daniel A. O'Brien 1979 1981 (64) Arnold Rue 1981 1983 4th term. 71 Randall Ronk 1983 1985 72 R. James Parkinson 1985 1985 73 Barbara Fass 1985 February 1990 First female mayor. [ 4] 74 Joan Darrah February 1990 January 6, 1997 Democratic 75 Gary Podesto January 6, 1997 January 1, 2005 Republican 2nd term. 76 Edward Chavez January 1, 2005 January 6, 2009 Republican 77 Ann Johnston January 6, 2009 January 8, 2013 Democratic 78 Anthony Silva January 8, 2013 January 1, 2017 Republican 79 Michael Tubbs January 1, 2017 January 1, 2021 Democratic First African-American mayor 80 Kevin Lincoln January 1, 2021 January 1, 2025 Republican 81 Christina Fugazi January 1, 2025 Incumbent Democratic
References ↑ "City Council - City of Stockton, CA" . Stocktongov.com. Retrieved April 18, 2017 . ↑ "A positive legacy - recordnet" . www.recordnet.com. December 5, 2004. Retrieved April 5, 2019 . ↑ "Joan Darrah, 72; ex-mayor of Stockton, descendant of Dearden's chain founder - latimes" . Articles.latimes.com. June 25, 2006. Retrieved April 18, 2017 . ↑ Goldeen, Joe (June 5, 2020). "Barbara Fass, Stockton's first female mayor, dies at 80" . recordnet.com . Retrieved July 19, 2020 . This page is based on this
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