Tom Del Beccaro is an acclaimed author, speaker and the former Chairman of the California Republican Party. Tom is the publisher of PoliticalVanguard.com and the author the Amazon best seller, The Divided Era, which explains why “the more government decides, the more it divides.”
Tom’s new book, the Lessons of the American Civilization, debuted in July of 2024. “Picking up where he left off with The Divided Era, Del Beccaro continues his writing in the tradition of Will and Ariel Durant, with his latest work, The Lessons of the American Civilization. Del Beccaro’s sweeping study of the American Civilization places America’s past in the historical perspective too often missing from American classrooms and political discussions today.” John Gizzi, White House/Congressional Correspondent for over forty years.
Tom makes hundreds of radio and television appearances each year from the Middle East, to London, to New York to San Francisco and has appeared on the BBC, GB News, LBC Radio, Times Radio, Fox News, Fox Business News, Newsmax and currently is a regular political commentator on KUSI in San Diego and KRON in San Francisco.
Tom’s opinion pieces have appeared in places like Politico, USA Today, Foxnews.com, Fox Business, Newsmax, Epoch Times, Forbes, The Daily Mail, Washington Examiner, Investors Business Daily, the Washington Times, Realclearpolitics.com, The Weekly Standard, The DailyCaller.com, the Washington Times and Human Events.
Recently, Tom made his major motion picture acting debut in Sweetwater, which can currently be viewed on demand.
Tom is best known for his insightful commentary and public speaking on topics ranging from foreign policy to economic reform. Tom has a unique ability to place our current times in the broader sweep of American and World history. By placing “the part in light of the whole,” Tom provides readers and listeners alike with a greater understanding of our times.
Tom first began writing about our growing political divisions over a decade ago – and with his book, The Divided Era, he explains the sources of disagreements and the potential for reconciliation.
"A young Jack Kemp." Stephen Moore, Economist and Principal at The Committee To Unleash Prosperity
"Tom writes in “the tradition of historians Will and Ariel Durant in The Story of Civilization." John Gizzi, White House Correspondent for NewsMax
Tom is the former Chairman of the California Republican Party and formerly the Vice Chair of the Party, was the Republican Party County Chairman of Contra Costa for three terms, and served as President of all 58 Republican Party County Chairmen in California. In 2016, Tom ran for the United States Senate in California and defeated now U.S. Senator Kamala Harris in a statewide post debate poll.
For fifteen years, Tom has traveled across the country making over 1,400 speaking appearances throughout the United States, including San Francisco Commonwealth Club, Western C-PAC, the University of California at Berkeley, an International Trade Association and dozens of conservative and Republican groups and other community groups.
In addition to FoxNews.com, FoxBusiness.com and the Epoch Times, Tom’s opinion pieces have appeared in places like Forbes, the Washington Examiner, Investors Business Daily, Realclearpolitics.com, The Weekly Standard, Politico, The DailyCaller.com, USA Today, the Washington Times, Human Events, the Sacramento Bee, The Orange County Register, The San Francisco Chronicle, BigGovernment.com & Breitbart.com. He has made thousands of radio appearances across the country, including California, New York, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Alaska, Florida, Arkansas, Missouri, North Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Colorado, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Illinois, Ohio, Texas and national shows on Breitbart.com, NewsMax and with such hosts as Lars Larson and the Dennis Prager Show
The New Conservative Paradigm
With the release of his first book, The New Conservative Paradigm, author and political analyst Mona Charen heralded, “Not since Newt Gingrich in the ‘90s has a Republican activist so clearly analyzed what has gone right and wrong for the party and the Conservative movement.” The New Conservative Paradigm is now in its second edition.
The Divided Era
According to 40+ year White House correspondent John Gizzi, , in “the tradition of historians Will and Ariel Durant in The Story of Civilization,” those efforts culminated in his book The Divided Era, which explains why the more government decides the more it divides.
Tom lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a licensed Attorney, practicing business and real estate law.