Sam T. Liccardo

person · Democrat · case file

Sam T. Liccardo

U.S. Representative · CA-16 · D

U.S. Representative — CA-16 (D)

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. [Wikipedia ↗]

FEC receipts · 2024–2026 cycles

$9,716,241 raised

Influence graph
Individual 76%
PAC 9%
Other

Where the $9,716,241 raised came from · FEC · 2024–2026 cycle

$9,716,241
Raised
FEC receipts · 2024–2026 cycle
$875,199
PAC receipts
FEC committee contributions · 2024–2026 cycles
$3,560,685
Spent supporting them
outside + direct · 31 sources
$459,035
Spent against them
opposition IEs · 1 edge

Verify at FEC.gov ↗

Top individual donors · 15

Largest itemized individual contributions across their FEC campaign committees (Schedule A), aggregated by donor across cycles. Conduits (ActBlue/WinRed) excluded.

Top industries · donor money

  • Other / unclassified$1,849,486
  • Not employed / self$1,113,680
  • Retired$671,633
  • Securities & investment$580,980
  • Lawyers & law firms$498,875
  • Tech$287,350
  • Real estate$273,338
  • TV, movies & music$145,600

Classified from donor employer/occupation · heuristic

Top employers · donor money

  • GOOGLE$61,150
  • STANFORD UNIVERSITY$54,550
  • COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY, LLP$41,675
  • BROADCOM INC.$40,000
  • META$37,900
  • WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI$30,600
  • SUPERMICRO$23,300
  • STEINBERG HART$19,000
  • ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN & DOWD$18,800
  • APPLE$18,300

Committee assignments · 4

Seats on the panels that write the rules — where a donor industry meets the member it funded.

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

Source: @unitedstates/congress-legislators

Legislation sponsored · 17

Bills and resolutions this member introduced in the 119th Congress — what they put their name on, alongside who funds them.

  • H.R. 9557Ounce of Prevention Act· Housing and Community Development
  • H.R. 9438SKILL Act· Taxation
  • H.R. 8450Save Willy Act of 2026· Animals
  • H.R. 8338SAFER Act of 2026· Finance and Financial Sector
  • H.R. 8013Keep Innovators in America Act· Immigration

Source: govinfo.gov · BILLSTATUS bulk data (sponsor of record)

Top connections · 34 total

People1
Organizations18
PACs / committees15

Connections · explore all 34

Every sourced counterparty, one row each (edges to the same party are merged and show the largest documented amount). Search, filter by type or direction, and sort. Money figures are FEC-sourced where marked.

Sort

Spent against them · $459,035

Outside money spent to defeat them (opposition independent expenditures). Not their own funding.

Cite · embed · data

Embed a verified-only mini-card

<iframe src="https://dialogtracker.com/embed/sam-t-liccardo" width="540" height="260" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" title="Sam T. Liccardo — Dialog Tracker"></iframe>
Download the sourced data (JSON) ↓

Get new sourced receipts as they land — roughly weekly. Built for reporters and researchers.

Entries here reflect documented financial, professional, or organizational ties drawn from public records — campaign-finance filings, corporate and regulatory disclosures, and reporting. Appearing in this graph is not an allegation of wrongdoing. Every claim shown links to its source. How we source this · Request a correction