U.S. Representative · CA · District 16
Sam T. Liccardo
DemocratTerm through January 2027
Funding profile · 2023–2024 cycle
1% of the money Liccardo raised came from small donors.
More grassroots-funded than 18% of the House.
Liccardo raised $6.2M across the two-year election cycle (2023–2024), and ended the period with $90K cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.
- Small donors
- 1%$0.1M
- Large donors
- 93%$5.8M
- Bundled
- 0%$0.0M
- PACs
- 3%$0.2M
- Other
- 2%$0.1M
Against the house
How Liccardo compares to the typical member.
- Small-donor share
- 1%vs 5% house median
- PAC share
- 3%vs 37% house median
Who has a stake in Liccardo
The organizations behind the money.
Liccardo's largest organized backing comes from Jstreetpac. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.
Money organized for Liccardo
Jstreetpac›
$22K
Jstreetpac›
$22K
J Street's PAC, a liberal pro-Israel group that backs candidates supporting a two-state solution, often a counterweight to AIPAC.
Who it funds, across Congress
100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $4.0M to 144 members
Chc Bold PAC›$10K
Who it funds, across Congress
100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $286K to 61 members
Outside spending, by party
Spent $2.1M to elect Democrats; $377K to defeat Republicans.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company PAC›$10K
Who it funds, across Congress
49% Democrats · 51% Republicans · $432K to 80 members
Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee›$10K
The Carpenters union's political committee, representing carpentry and construction trades.
Who it funds, across Congress
85% Democrats · 13% Republicans · $1.8M to 216 members
California Water Service Group PAC›$8K
Who it funds, across Congress
87% Democrats · 13% Republicans · $26K to 5 members
› What is organized money?
An organization reaches a member two ways. Its own PAC writes a direct check. And it bundles: it gathers individual donations from its supporters and routes them through its conduit. Both count here as one “organized” total. The bundled part is already inside the individual giving shown in the funding mix above. Here it is regrouped by the organization that gathered it, so you can see who did the organizing.
The same money, by industry
Which industries have a stake.
The same organized money, grouped by the industry of the organization that moved it. It shows the interests behind Liccardo's backing, not just the individual groups.
Plus $66K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.
The money spent about Liccardo
Spent for or against.
Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat Liccardo, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for Liccardo.
Neighbors For Results$1.6M
To help Liccardo$1.6MTo hurt Liccardo—Chc Bold PAC$271K
To help Liccardo$271KTo hurt Liccardo—Equality California Votes$250K
To help Liccardo—To hurt Liccardo$250KNew Democrat Majority$200K
To help Liccardo$200KTo hurt Liccardo—Bold America$135K
To help Liccardo$135KTo hurt Liccardo—
Neighbors For Results$1.6M—$1.6M
Chc Bold PAC$271K—$271K
Equality California Votes›—$250K$250K
Equality California Votes
New Democrat Majority$200K—$200K
Bold America$135K—$135K
FEC filings, 2023–2024 cycle · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 63 organizations with a stake
About this data
FEC-disclosed receipts for the 2023–2024 cycle. This is the disclosed money only. Spending by outside groups that do not reveal their donors, the dark money that set a record in 2024, never appears in these figures.
Every percentage here is a share of all receipts, not of individual contributions only. So the small-donor share counts transfers, loans, and other money in its base, and can read higher than figures that divide only by individual money.
PAC figures are contributions to Liccardo's campaign committee from FEC filings. Industry labels are grouped from each committee's name and are approximate. Joint fundraising committees and small-dollar conduits like ActBlue and WinRed are not counted.
Support for requiring the groups that spend on elections to name their donors, across both parties. Congress has not passed the DISCLOSE Act.
Where Liccardo stands