Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle
Sam T. Liccardo
- 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.
- Next election
- Primary March 5, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
California, District 16
Official websiteX (Twitter)InstagramFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H4CA16197 · Principal campaign committee: LICCARDO FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · California District 16 | $3,873,149.95 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · California District 16 | $6,226,443.41 | Won the general election |
2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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$5,887,218.1895%
- PACs and other committees$212,449.003%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$33,000.001%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$93,776.232%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
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
68 committees reported giving $211,060.00 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.
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY PAC Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- CHC BOLD PACConnected PAC$10,000.00
- CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$7,500.00
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE IConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. FEDERAL PAC, AKA CISCO SYSTEMS EPACPAC$5,000.00
- NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST JEFF PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALLIANCE PACPAC$5,000.00
- DEMOCRATIC TURNOUT PROJECT PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- HNTB HOLDINGS LTD. PACPAC$4,000.00
- SUPPORTING HOUSE PROBLEM SOLVERS - SHP PACPAC$4,000.00
- SUNFLOWER SEEDS PACPAC$4,000.00
- LATINO VICTORY FUNDHybrid PAC$3,500.00
- DOING RIGHT - RESULTS ACTION UNITY LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- VANNEVAR LABS, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,300.00
Show all 68 committees
- DUANE MORRIS GOVERNMENT COMMITTEEPAC$3,000.00
- DEMOCRATS RESHAPING AMERICA (DREAMPAC)Leadership PAC$3,000.00
- JSTREETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,660.00
- AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('HOTELPAC')Hybrid PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GM PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CATERPILLAR INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CATPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY INC POLITICAL COMMITTEE (OPHTHPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- DELOITTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA PAC (SHIELD PAC)Connected PAC$2,500.00
- SAP AMERICA INC PACPAC$2,500.00
- CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- DEFEND THE VOTEHybrid PAC$2,500.00
- ELECT DEMS NOW PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,050.00
- HDR, INC. EMPLOYEE OWNERS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMGEN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- GOOGLE LLC NETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- KUSTER FOR CONGRESS, INCCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- VIBE PAC (VICTORY BY INVESTING BUILDING EMPOWERING)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND, INC. PAC (EVERYTOWN PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PFIZER INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MARINE FIREMAN'S UNION POLITICAL ACTION FUNDPAC$1,000.00
- INTEL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (IPAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION STAKEHOLDERS VOLUNTARY PAC - MSVPAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WSP USA INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION PAC (BIO PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- COMMONWEALTH PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BRIDGE THE GAP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LUCHADORA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- HOPE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CISNEROS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- G PACPAC$750.00
- TAXICAB LIMOUSINE & PARATRANSIT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TLPA PAC)PAC$500.00
- DEMOCRATIC VALUESHybrid PAC$500.00
- RELIABLE ROBOTICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Sam T. Liccardo$2,220,300.26
- Independent expenditures opposing Sam T. Liccardo$250,000.00
FEC totals for the 2024 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.
- NEIGHBORS FOR RESULTSSupporting$1,609,952.00
- CHC BOLD PACSupporting$271,062.00
- EQUALITY CALIFORNIA VOTESOpposing$250,000.00
- NEW DEMOCRAT MAJORITYSupporting$200,000.00
- BOLD AMERICASupporting$134,843.00
- NEW LEADERS 2024Supporting$4,427.00
- SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSupporting$10.00
The race
California U.S. House, District 16, 2024 · 13 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam T. Liccardo (D) | $6,226,443.41 | $90,392.10 | 2024-12-31 |
| Evan Low (D) | $3,717,868.88 | $81,235.26 | 2024-12-31 |
| Peter Dixon (D) | $3,400,472.15 | $1,038.33 | 2024-12-31 |
| S Joseph Simitian (D) | $1,645,810.66 | $48,784.32 | 2024-12-31 |
| Julie Lythcott-Haims (D) | $721,756.37 | $0.00 | 2024-06-27 |
| Anna G Eshoo (D) | $622,171.38 | $86,697.18 | 2024-12-31 |
| Ahmed Mostafa (D) | $352,347.98 | $0.00 | 2024-10-17 |
| Rishi Kumar (D) | $318,178.78 | $1,312.84 | 2024-12-31 |
| Joby Bernstein (D) | $146,659.51 | $0.00 | 2024-06-30 |
| Peter I Ohtaki (R) | $94,035.03 | $130.19 | 2024-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
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Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in California (retrieved October 23, 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 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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