# Sam Liccardo

Sam Liccardo is a Democratic member of the U.S. House for California’s 16th district.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: U.S. House, California’s 16th district
- Serving since: 2025-01-03
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: L000607
- FEC candidate IDs: H4CA16197

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/L000607 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

1.1% of Liccardo’s individual money in the 2026 cycle came in gifts of $200 or less, in the bottom 5% of House Democrats (median 13%).

## What Liccardo says (119th Congress (2025–27))

1,354 classified statements: 1,232 posts on X, 53 press releases, 40 Congressional Record speeches, 29 newsletters. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Liccardo | House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 4.4% | 6.6% | 131 of 216 |
| Policy criticism | 12.3% | 27.5% | 202 of 216 |
| Policy discussion | 69.6% | 73.2% | 157 of 216 |
| Bipartisanship | 8.3% | 9.8% | 116 of 216 |
| Credit claiming | 16.9% | 22.7% | 158 of 216 |
| Extreme labels | 0.1% | 1.9% | 205 of 216 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 23% (House Democrats 20%); Economics and Public Finance 18% (House Democrats 20%); Science, Technology, Communications 14% (House Democrats 5.5%); Armed Forces and National Security 14% (House Democrats 16%); Health 14% (House Democrats 26%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.88 (standard error 0.02), from 2,719 donors and 665 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 64% of House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 98.6% (House Democrats 96.9%). Party unity 98.0% (96.4%). 13 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 17 bills: 17 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 197. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats 4.9%; rank 171 of 207).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 9557: Ounce of Prevention Act (in committee, 2026-06-30) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9557
- H.R. 9438: SKILL Act (in committee, 2026-06-24) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9438
- H.R. 8450: Save Willy Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8450
- H.R. 8338: SAFER Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8338
- H.R. 8013: Keep Innovators in America Act (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8013
- H.R. 6533: Military in Law Enforcement Accountability Act (in committee, 2025-12-09) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6533
- H.R. 6010: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the enhanced premium tax credit, and for other purposes. (in committee, 2025-11-10) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6010
- H.R. 5591: RESIDE Act (in committee, 2025-09-26) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5591
- H.R. 5105: UNLOCK Act (in committee, 2025-09-03) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5105
- H.R. 4998: SUN Act (in committee, 2025-08-19) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4998

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $3.9M (House Democrats median $2.0M). 1.1% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 80% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepLiccardo/status/2114732064670925118
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLiccardo/status/2114834034723328181
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepLiccardo/status/2114170954427351155
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLiccardo/status/2113683419582648798
- 2026-10-23 · Press release · Silicon Valley Lawmakers Plan to Investigate Elon Musk’s Role in National Security Technology · labels: policy discussion · https://liccardo.house.gov/media/press-releases/silicon-valley-lawmakers-plan-investigate-elon-musks-role-national-security
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLiccardo/status/2113076684056346877
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLiccardo/status/2113076687571402909
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepLiccardo/status/2113302338987335967
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepLiccardo/status/2113398067365847447
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLiccardo/status/2113007964411883666

## Links

- Official site: https://liccardo.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepLiccardo
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repliccardo
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/L000607

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/L000607