| Tom Suitt | |
| Birth Date: | 30 September 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Lake Village, Arkansas |
| Death Place: | Palm Springs, California |
| State Assembly: | California |
| District: | 29th |
| Term: | December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1978 |
| Preceded: | Raymond T. Seeley |
| Succeeded: | David G. Kelley |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Children: | 4 |
Noah Thomas "Tom" Suitt (September 30, 1936 in Lake Village, Arkansas - October 5, 2005 in Palm Springs, California) was an American businessman and politician from California and a member of the Democratic Party.[1]
A banker and real estate developer[2] from Palm Springs, Suitt ran for the California State Assembly and unseated GOP incumbent Raymond T. Seeley in the post Watergate 1974 election that proved great for Democrats up and down the ballot.[3] In 1976 he won reelection over Riverside County Supervisor Al McCandless but lost his bid for a third term in 1978 to Republican David G. Kelley, a year that turned out to be a great for down ballot Republicans.[4]
Suitt also served as Chairman of the Board of Desert Regional Medical Center, was a founder of the Palm Springs Economic Development Corporation and was founder and former chairman of Canyon National Bank.[5]
| Office | Democrat | Votes | Pct | Republican | Votes | Pct | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | California State Assembly District 75 | Tom Suitt | align="right" | 40,561 | 50.9% | Raymond T. Seeley | align="right" | 39,132 | 49.1% | ||||||||
| 1976 | California State Assembly District 75 | Tom Suitt | align="right" | 63,218 | 56.9% | Al McCandless | align="right" | 47,825 | 43.1% | ||||||||
| 1978 | California State Assembly District 75 | Tom Suitt | align="right" | 42,191 | 42.3% | David G. Kelley | align="right" | 57,449 | 57.7% |