{{short description|American politician}} {{For|the volleyball coach|Tom Tait (volleyball)}} {{Use American English|date=January 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox Mayor | name = Tom Tait | image = Tom Tait (1420854).jpg | office1 = 45th Mayor of Anaheim | term_start1 = December 8, 2010 | term_end1 = December 4, 2018 | predecessor1= Curt Pringle | successor1 = Harry Sidhu | office2 = Member of the Anaheim City Council<br>for the At Large district | term_start2 = February 7, 1995 | term_end2 = December 7, 2004 | predecessor2= Tom Daly | successor2 = Harry Sidhu | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|10|18}} | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | spouse = Julie | children = 4 | alma_mater = University of Wyoming (BS)<br>Vanderbilt University (JD, MBA) | website = }}
'''Tom Tait''' (born October 18, 1958) is an American politician and businessman who was the 45th mayor of Anaheim, California from 2010 to 2018. He previously served on the Anaheim City Council beginning in 1995 to 2004 and served as Mayor Pro Tem from 2002 to 2003.
Tait was born in California and attended the University of Wyoming where he received his Bachelor of Science degree and then went on to earn a master's degree in Business Administration from Vanderbilt University with a Finance concentration, followed by a receiving a Juris Doctor degree from Vanderbilt in 1985. Tait is a member of the California State Bar, and is president of Tait & Associates, Inc. as well as Tait Environmental Services. Tait and his wife, Julie, have four children and the pair has resided in Anaheim for 22 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anaheim.net/title/City+Council/Mayor+Tom+Tait/ |title=City of Anaheim - Mayor Tom Tait |publisher=Anaheim.net |date=2011-02-17 |accessdate=2013-11-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910164559/http://www.anaheim.net/title/City%2BCouncil/Mayor%2BTom%2BTait/ |archivedate=2014-09-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.taitformayor.com/about-mayor-tait/biography/ |title=Biography – www.TaitForMayor.com |publisher=Taitformayor.com |accessdate=2013-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203025732/http://www.taitformayor.com/about-mayor-tait/biography/ |archive-date=2013-12-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Tait was a member of Toastmasters.<ref>{{cite journal|title=A Penchant for Public Service|journal=The Toastmaster|date=August 2016|page=18|url=https://www.toastmasters.org/~/media/26219FAE47504B18854118DA4D0FD80E.ashx|accessdate=3 September 2016}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref>
==Electoral history== ===City Council=== {{incomplete list|date=September 2020}}
===Mayor=== {{Election box begin no party no change| title=2010 Anaheim mayoral election<ref name=results>{{cite web |title=Election Results Archives |url=https://www.ocvote.com/data/election-results-archive |publisher=Orange County |accessdate=3 October 2019 }}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate no party no change| |candidate = Tom Tait |votes = 33,340 |percentage = 54.4 }} {{Election box candidate no party no change| |candidate = Shirley McCracken |votes = 19,668 |percentage = 32.1 }} {{Election box candidate no party no change| |candidate = Denis Fitzgerald |votes = 8,229 |percentage = 13.4 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no party no change| title=2014 Anaheim mayoral election<ref>{{cite web |title=Orange County 2014 General Election November 4, 2014 Official Results for Election |url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/gen2014/results.htm#c-368 |publisher=Orange County |accessdate=30 September 2019 }}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate no party no change| |candidate = Tom Tait |votes = 24,116 |percentage = 53.4 }} {{Election box candidate no party no change| |candidate = Lori Galloway |votes = 9,235 |percentage = 20.4 }} {{Election box candidate no party no change| |candidate = Licille Kring |votes = 8,757 |percentage = 19.4 }} {{Election box candidate no party no change| |candidate = Denis Fitzgerald |votes = 3,090 |percentage = 6.8 }} {{Election box end}}
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== External links == * [https://ballotpedia.org/Tom_Tait Tom Tait at ballotpedia.org] * [https://www.c-span.org/person/?tomtait Tom Tait at c-span.org]
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