Sam Liccardo
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, California District 16 (since 2025)
- Occupation
- United States Representative
Background
- Earned a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University (1991), and a master's in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and a law degree from Harvard Law School (1996). source: ballotpedia.org
- Worked as a federal prosecutor and as a prosecutor of sexual assault and child exploitation crimes in the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office. source: ballotpedia.org
- Served on the San Jose City Council, District 3, 2007-2015. source: ballotpedia.org
- Served as Mayor of San Jose, 2015-2022. source: ballotpedia.org
- Elected to the U.S. House in 2024; in office since January 3, 2025. source: ballotpedia.org
In their own words
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- Homelessness source: ballotpedia.org
- Crime source: ballotpedia.org
- The high cost of living source: ballotpedia.org
- Bipartisan solutions and balanced budgets; Congress should "act like mayors" source: ballotpedia.org
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