Tom Patti is an American businessman and politician who is a member of the

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Board of Supervisors. As an amateur boxer, Patti was training partners with

Mike Tyson Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "The Baddest Man on the Planet", Tyson is cons ...

. After the death of

Cus D'Amato Constantine "Cus" D'Amato (January 17, 1908 – November 4, 1985) was an Italian-American boxing manager and trainer who handled the careers of Mike Tyson, Floyd Patterson, and José Torres, all of whom went on to be inducted into the Internation ...

, Patti became Tyson's manager and coach. He was a Republican candidate in the 2022 election in

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Biography

Born 1963 in New York, Patti moved to

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. After graduating from high school, he attended Delta College where in 2015 he became a member of the Delta College Foundation board, a non-profit organization with the purpose of creating opportunities for local students to get an expanded education. Beginning in 1982, Patti, along with Mike Tyson, was mentored by boxing manager-trainer Cus D'Amato. In 2001, Patti returned to California. On November 8, 2016, Patti became the County Supervisor of District 3 in San Joaquin County. Patti is a member of the Child Abuse Prevention Council. In 2017, Patti, together with

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, wrote the book ''

Non-compromised Pendulum Non-compromised Pendulum (''russian: link=no, Бескомпромиссный маятник'') is a book about the fight system of the boxing coach Cus D'Amato, known as a peek-a-boo. The book, written by the Ukrainian scientist and martial ar ...

'' about the style of Cus D'Amato. Patti said the book was a tribute to the memory of D'Amato.

2022 U.S. House campaign

In 2022, Patti entered the race for

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. He advanced from the top two primary in June 2022 and later lost to incumbent

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in the November general election.

References

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