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Races › California › 16th District
Includes San Jose, Palo Alto, Saratoga, Pacifica, Mountain View, Los Gatos and other towns
Tuesday, November 3, 2026 · general election
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Filing with the FEC is a disclosure, not a place on the ballot. Money raised is not a forecast.
November nominees first, then by money raised. Bars are in party color; raised includes loans from the candidate, and spent can exceed raised when a campaign spends money left from earlier cycles.
House: bars drawn to $3.9M, the most raised; FEC reports through Oct 14, 2026.
California, statewide
No election this year
16th Congressional District5 filed with the FEC$3.9M raised by the field
Sam T. Liccardo · Peter Sundin Soulé
No published priorities shown yet
No published priorities
FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026
Won the general election
Nov 3, 2026 · 182,321 votes (77.5%)
Sam T. Liccardo holds this House seat; the current term began January 2025.
and 6 more, in the campaign’s own order. Read them in their words
FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026
Lost the general election
Nov 3, 2026 · 52,923 votes (22.5%) · 2 of 2
No published priorities
FEC filings through Mar 20, 2025
No published priorities
FEC filings through Sep 24, 2026
Lost the open primary
Jun 2, 2026 · 6,319 votes (3.4%) · 4 of 4 · Sam Liccardo and Peter Sundin Soulé are on the November ballot
No published priorities
Held by Sam T. Liccardo D (won the general election)
Every public poll of the CA-16 House race this cycle, as published. A poll is a snapshot, not a forecast.
No public polls
Poll data from The New York Times, licensed CC BY 4.0 · Updated November 10, 2026
$23 from outside groups for or against these candidates, through Jul 21, 2026.
Independent expenditures, with 24- and 48-hour notices filed since each group’s last regular report.
FEC filings
Lost the open primary
Jun 2, 2026 · 18,807 votes (10.2%) · 3 of 4 · Sam Liccardo and Peter Sundin Soulé are on the November ballot