Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Sam T. Liccardo

Official portrait of Sam T. Liccardo
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for California’s 16th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
San José, CA
Born
1970
In Congress
House since 2025 · 1 year in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
LICCARDO, SAM T.
Map of California with the current district highlighted

California, District 16

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · California District 16IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H4CA16197 · Principal campaign committee: LICCARDO FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · California District 16$3,873,149.95General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · California District 16$6,226,443.41Won the general election
Total raised$3,873,149.95
Total spent$1,703,882.75
Cash on hand$2,259,659.30
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $1,639,910.68PACs and other committees: $888,592.68Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $1,304,853.98Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $39,792.61
  • Individual contributions$1,639,910.6842%
  • PACs and other committees$888,592.6823%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$1,304,853.9834%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$39,792.611%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$19,596.331%
  • Contributions over $200$2,903,269.3599%
  • Itemized from inside California$2,514,120.0087%
  • Itemized from other states$392,166.0113%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: New York $65,635.71 · Florida $61,250.00 · District of Columbia $49,000.00 · Maryland $34,500.00 · Texas $26,863.64. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$2.2M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $1,410,637.02APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $332,989.89JULY QUARTERLY: raised $683,198.77JULY QUARTERLY: spent $369,206.26OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $567,255.05OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $168,689.55YEAR-END: raised $288,843.01YEAR-END: spent $174,374.61APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $242,236.15APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $199,909.79PRE-PRIMARY: raised $86,718.35PRE-PRIMARY: spent $98,608.35JULY QUARTERLY: raised $210,409.30JULY QUARTERLY: spent $82,953.89OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $299,833.30OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $222,604.852025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea292
Voted nay373
Did not vote9 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored17
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored197

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 9557 Ounce of Prevention Act
    Introduced Jun 30, 2026 · Latest action Jun 30, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • H.R. 9438 SKILL Act
    Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Latest action Jun 24, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 8450 Save Willy Act of 2026
    Introduced Apr 22, 2026 · Latest action Apr 22, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • H.R. 8338 SAFER Act of 2026
    Introduced Apr 16, 2026 · Latest action Apr 16, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • H.R. 8013 Keep Innovators in America Act
    Introduced Mar 19, 2026 · Latest action Mar 19, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 6533 Military in Law Enforcement Accountability Act
    Introduced Dec 9, 2025 · Latest action Dec 9, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each ca…
  • H.R. 6010 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the enhanced premium tax credit, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Nov 10, 2025 · Latest action Nov 10, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak…
  • H.R. 5591 RESIDE Act
    Introduced Sep 26, 2025 · Latest action Sep 26, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • H.R. 5105 UNLOCK Act
    Introduced Sep 3, 2025 · Latest action Sep 3, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • H.R. 4998 SUN Act
    Introduced Aug 19, 2025 · Latest action Aug 19, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

  • House Committee on Financial Services
    • Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence
    • National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions
    • Oversight and Investigations

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

236 committees reported giving $756,767.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Sam T. Liccardo$10.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Sam T. Liccardo$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

California U.S. House, District 16, 2026 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Sam T. Liccardo (D)$3,873,149.95$2,259,659.302026-10-14
Jotham Stein (NPA)$72,381.61$1.002026-09-24
Peter Sundin Soule (R)$4,272.00$4,125.222026-10-14

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DNovember 5, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DJuly 15, 2025
  • The EconomistSafe DMay 6, 2026

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California (districts 1–26) (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: LICCARDO FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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