Liccardo, Sam
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Samuel Theodore Liccardo (born April 16, 1970) 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. 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.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Liccardo, Sam
- First name
- Sam
- Last name
- Liccardo
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- California 16th Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 DEM C
- California 16th Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 DEM C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $6,226,443.41
- Total disbursements
- $6,136,051.31
- Cash on hand
- $90,392.10
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $6,226,443.41 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Receipt source components are not loaded yet.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
|---|
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals cannot be reconciled to committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $5,616,584.00
- Itemized
- $5,616,584.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 3646 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $5,616,584.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $27,600.00;Transactions: 11;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $1,595,573.00;Transactions: 757;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $302,200.00;Transactions: 198;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $475,177.00;Transactions: 342;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $219,304.00;Transactions: 132;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $159,325.00;Transactions: 90;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $366,195.00;Transactions: 233;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $820,272.00;Transactions: 548;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $91,335.00;Transactions: 102;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $170,495.00;Transactions: 145;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $780,206.00;Transactions: 585;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $540,602.00;Transactions: 456;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $46,750.00;Transactions: 38;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $21,550.00;Transactions: 9;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $5,616,584.00 across 3,646 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $29,418.00;Transactions: 314 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $127,400.00;Transactions: 487 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $339,781.00;Transactions: 660 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $967,487.00;Transactions: 873 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $4,152,498.00;Transactions: 1,312 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 53% in district
- District share basis
- $2,946,082.00 in district and $2,603,702.00 out of district; $66,800.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $66,800.00 with 44 reported transactions; visible denominator is $5,616,584.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $2,946,082.00;Transactions: 1,753;Denominator: $5,616,584.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $1,941,898.00;Transactions: 1,387;Denominator: $5,616,584.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $661,804.00;Transactions: 462;Denominator: $5,616,584.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $66,800.00;Transactions: 44;Denominator: $5,616,584.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| DE GEUS, AART | $11,600.00 | 3 transactions |
| ARKIN, ALEXANDER | $10,900.00 | 4 transactions |
| ASSUDANI, RAVI | $9,900.00 | 3 transactions |
| GRAND, MARCIA | $9,900.00 | 3 transactions |
| HEINZ, ANDRE | $9,900.00 | 3 transactions |
| HJELM, JOHAN | $9,900.00 | 3 transactions |
| KLEIN, ROBERT SR | $9,900.00 | 3 transactions |
| MILLIGAN, STEPHEN | $9,900.00 | 3 transactions |
| PARENTEAU, RICHARD | $9,900.00 | 3 transactions |
| SCHULMAN, DAN | $9,900.00 | 3 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $1,995,279.00 | 1330 transactions |
| $61,175.00 | 34 transactions | |
| STANFORD UNIVERSITY | $54,650.00 | 35 transactions |
| COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY, LLP | $41,675.00 | 26 transactions |
| BROADCOM INC. | $40,000.00 | 18 transactions |
| META | $37,900.00 | 20 transactions |
| WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI | $30,600.00 | 12 transactions |
| SUPERMICRO | $23,300.00 | 9 transactions |
| STEINBERG HART | $19,000.00 | 8 transactions |
| ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN & DOWD | $18,800.00 | 9 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $265,925.00 | 137 transactions |
| Technology | $61,175.00 | 34 transactions |
Classified: $61,175.00 and 34 transactions out of $327,100.00 and 171 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H4CA16197
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H4CA16197
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:L000607
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H4CA16197:2026
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H4CA16197:2024
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- L000607
- fec_candidate_id
- H4CA16197
- fec_candidate_ids
- H4CA16197
- govtrack_id
- 456976
- wikidata_id
- Q16731481