Sam T. Liccardo

Democrat

State: California's 16th Congressional District

a Representative from California; born in Saratoga, Santa Clara County, Calif., April 16, 1970; graduated from Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose, Calif., 1987; A.B., Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 1991; M.P.P., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1996; J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1996; assistant United States attorney, office of the United States Attorney, San Diego, Calif., 1998-2000; Santa Clara County, Calif., deputy district attorney, 2001-2006; member of the San Jose, Calif., city council, 2007-2015; Mayor of San Jose, Calif., 2015-2023; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress (January 3, 2025-present).