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U.S. House, District 16: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
Peter Sundin Soulé

Peter Sundin Soulé

Running for U.S. House · California District 16

NationalRepublican

In the role now
Sam Liccardo

Sam Liccardo

U.S. House · California District 16

NationalDemocrat

Peter Sundin SouléCandidateSam LiccardoCurrent rep

Job fit

Peter Sundin Soulé

Offices held

  • Served on the San Jose Civil Service Commission from 2007 to 2011 1

Sam Liccardo

Offices held

  • Liccardo served two terms as Mayor of San José 2

Top issues

We haven't found stated positions for either candidate yet.

How they voted on top issues

We haven't found votes on top issues for either candidate yet.

Who pays them

Peter Sundin Soulé

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Sam Liccardo

Where the campaign money came from3

small donorslarge donorscompaniesindustry associationsgroups backing both partiesOther kinds of donors
small donors$16Klarge donors$1.5Mcompanies$404Kindustryassociations$122Kgroups backingboth parties$60KOther kinds ofdonors$88K$2.4M raised
$15,7333Small individual donors
$1,489,3373Large individual donors

Checks

Peter Sundin Soulé

No voting record to check yet

Sam Liccardo

Checks run: missed votes

Nothing raised by these checks.

Not checked yet: stock trades

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. About | Get Involved Today — Peter Soule for Congress · checked 2026-10-18 used in: Experience
  2. About | Congressman Sam Liccardo · checked 2026-10-18 used in: Experience
  3. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money