He works for a logistics company that sends local produce to Texas.
He says he'd like to improve Visalia's roads and address its homelessness problem.
The other two candidates were Merritt Wiseman, a Visalia mother, community advocate, and volunteer, and Steve Woods, a Tulare County Office of Education employee.
With all precincts reporting Poochigian has claimed the District 3 race with more than 51-percent of the vote.