Sam T. Liccardo
American politician (born 1970)
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Official U.S. Congress portrait · Public domain
Races
- 2026 · U.S. House, CA-16 · General · Democratic · on the ballot · incumbent
- 2024 · U.S. House, CA-16 · General · Democratic · result not on file · source
Background
Samuel Theodore Liccardo is an American attorney and politician currently serving as the U.S. representative from California's 16th congressional district. Previously, he served as the 65th mayor of San Jose from 2015 to 2023.
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A member of the Democratic Party, Liccardo was elected mayor in November 2014. He was reelected in 2018 with 75.8% of the vote. As the leader of the California Big City Mayors Coalition, Liccardo advocated on statewide issues including homelessness and COVID-19 response.
Campaign finance
As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC
Website and social
Sources
- Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
- Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-29 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Liccardo
- Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
- Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H4CA16197/
- photo_full_body — https://liccardo.house.gov
- photo_action — https://liccardo.house.gov
- photo_headshot — https://liccardo.house.gov/about
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