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U.S. Representative for California’s 16th District

Sam T. Liccardo

Democrat 1st term Up 2026

Replaced Anna G. Eshoo in 2025

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

98LoyaltyMed 98
99AttendMed 98
11BipartMed 12
9BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2025–now
1 year in CongressMore senior than 3% of the House
Committees
  • Financial Services 23rd minority
Age
56

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date1241702006749

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 20% 6%
Armed Forces and National Security 11% 12%
Housing and Community Development 15% 35%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Housing and Community Development and Immigration; bills go to Housing and Community Development and Armed Forces and National Security.

  • He talks most about: Housing Affordability (Housing and Community Development), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Health Care Coverage (Health).
  • 17 bills sponsored, most on Housing and Community Development.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberFinancial Services Committee23rd minority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 3% of the House, in the minority.

  • 1 year in Congress: more senior than 3% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Republican bills

19% · peer median 22%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Liccardo.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

19% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 22%); closest in his party: Norton and Hernández Rivera.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 17 · expected 19
Action in committee 0 · expected 5
Beyond committee 0 · expected 1
Passed House 0 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 396 of 433 in the House

0.13expected 0.44 · average member 1.00

0 of 17 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.13 against a peer median of 0.44.

  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.35

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 98% of party-line votes, breaks 9 times (peer median 10).

  • Position: −0.35, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Finance and Financial Sector 3 of 13, Immigration 1 of 15, Public Lands and Natural Resources 1 of 16.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Liccardo$3.9M raised42%23%35%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

42% of what he raised came from individuals; 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$3.9M raised, 23% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 16.4 points.

84 PACs of the 187 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities and Budget/Appropriations.

  1. Ernst & Young44% D
  2. Elect Diverse Democrats100% D
  3. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America84% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

179 bills

Liccardo voted Yea on 34, Nay on 74, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 70 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.