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. 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.

# Mayor Term start Term end   Party Notes Samuel Purdy October 5, 1850 1851 Democratic John C. Edwards 1851 1852 Democratic William Baker 1852 January 1853 Jacob K. Shafer January 1853 May 1853 Democratic M.B. Kenney May 1853 1854 J.M. Buffington 1854 1855 Alvin N. Fisher 1855 1856 H.W. Gillingham 1856 1857 B.W. Bours 1857 1859 E.S. Holden 1859 1863 George Gray 1863 1866 C.T. Meader 1866 1867 L.M. Hickman 1867 1868 R.B. Lane 1868 1869 L.M. Hickman (2nd) 1869 1870 G.S. Evans 1870 1871 E.S Holden 1871 1872 2nd term. Thomas Hook 1872 1873 J.K. Doak 1873 1875 Frank T. Baldwin 1875 1876 T.B. Buck 1876 1878 Charles Belding 1878 1879 G.C. Hyatt 1879 1881 H.O. Southworth 1881 1882 R.W. Tully 1882 1884 W.C. White 1884 1885 J.M. Welsh 1885 1888 L.U. Shippee 1888 1889 R.R. Reibenstein 1889 1891 W.R. Clark 1891 1895 J.M. McCall 1895 1895 H.N. Boggs 1895 1897 William Inglis 1897 1899 W.B. Harrison 1899 1901 George E. Catts 1901 1903 C.E. Williams 1903 1905 M.J. Gardner 1905 1907 George F. Hudson 1907 1909 R.R. Reibenstein 1909 1916 2nd term. A.C. Oullahan 1916 1921 Dana P. Eicke 1921 1923 Raymond O. Wheeler 1923 1928 Grover A. Grider 1928 1930 Carl Tremain 1930 1932 Con J. Franke 1932 1935 M.F. Richards 1935 1936 Ralph W. Fay 1936 1939 Gay E. Crane 1939 1940 Woodrow Coale 1940 1941 Lawrence L. Ventre 1941 1942 R.O. Robinson 1942 1943 Lewis A. Lodde 1943 1944 Ralph W. Fay 1944 1945 2nd term. Gay E. Crane 1945 1946 2nd term. Woodrow Coale 1947 1948 2nd term. Jerry Keithley 1948 1948 Lawrence L. Ventre 1948 December 1948 2nd term. Angelo Sanguinetti December 1948 1949 Dan W. Morrison 1950 1951 Woodrow W. LaTeer 1951 1952 Lawrence L. Ventre 1952 1953 3rd term. Carl R. Evanhoe 1953 1954 Harvey M. Stull 1954 1955 Dean C. DeCarli 1955 1956 F.L. Bitterman 1956 1958 Harvey M. Stull 1958 1959 2nd term. Dean C. DeCarli 1959 1959 2nd term. Thomas E. Marnoch 1960 1962 Elmer R. Boss 1962 1964 Roger M. Huckins 1964 1965 Jimmie M. Rishwain 1965 1967 Albert Fedler 1967 1968 Joseph Doll 1968 1969 Arnold Rue 1969 1970 Luis Arismendi 1970 1971 Arnold Rue 1971 1972 2nd term. Charles E. Bott 1972 1973 Clyde Davis 1973 1974 Manuel Silveria 1974 1975 Louis "Tom" Madden 1975 1977 Arnold Rue 1977 1978 3rd term. Daniel A. O'Brien 1979 1981 Arnold Rue 1981 1983 4th term. Randall Ronk 1983 1985 R. James Parkinson 1985 1985 Barbara Fass 1985 February 1990 First female mayor. Joan Darrah February 1990 January 6, 1997 Democratic Gary Podesto January 6, 1997 January 1, 2005 Republican 2nd term. Edward Chavez January 1, 2005 January 6, 2009 Republican Ann Johnston January 6, 2009 January 8, 2013 Democratic Anthony Silva January 8, 2013 January 1, 2017 Republican Michael Tubbs January 1, 2017 January 1, 2021 Democratic First African-American mayor Kevin Lincoln January 1, 2021 January 1, 2025 Republican Christina Fugazi January 1, 2025 Incumbent Democratic

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