Tom J. Bordonaro, Jr. (born March 22, 1959) is a former Republican California State Assemblyman who served from 1994-1998. He was the first person confined to a wheelchair to be elected to the State Assembly. He left the role in 1998 after having made one unsuccessful run for Congress, in a special election against Lois Capps in early 1998 after the death of her husband Walter Capps. Bordonaro lost to Capps again in November 1998.