Sam T. Liccardo
Democrat
· CA-16 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Financial Services · Financial Technology · and Artificial Intelligence · Illicit Finance · and International Financial Institutions
Influence Score
37.7
Least exposed
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
1.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
4.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$5,697,513
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$1,164,270
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
2.3
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
8.7
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.3
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
3.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$3,660 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $9.27M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing Japan, China, South Korea. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $19K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
NEIGHBORS FOR RESULTS
Total money from this network
$1,797,506
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Share from this one network
3.1%
Amount from this network
$21,000
Total from all networks
$679,868
Networks contributing
219
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Who funds Liccardo
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
1.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
$66K
GOOGLE
$61K
GOOGLE
$49K
COTCHETT PITRE MCCARTHY LLP
$42K
BROADCOM
$40K
META
$38K
BROADCOM
$37K
WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH ROSATI
$31K
APPLE
$28K
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS
$24K
SUPERMICRO
$23K
RIPPLE
$21K
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
$20K
STEINBERG HART
$19K
ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN DOWD
$19K
SYNOPSYS
$19K
WOLFF URBAN MANAGEMENT
$18K
ACCEL
$16K
ATHENS DEBATE
$16K
COINBASE
$16K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Sam T. Liccardo comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
NEIGHBORS FOR RESULTS
$4.47M
LET'S GET IT DONE PAC
$814K
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
$542K
NEW DEMOCRAT MAJORITY
$400K
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA VOTES
$350K
BOLD AMERICA
$275K
NEW LEADERS 2024
$9K
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$20
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
71 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $302K to Sam T. Liccardo across 107 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$302K
Shared contributors
71
Contributions
107
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 54 | 69 | $84K |
| 2026 | 31 | 38 | $218K |
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Sam T. Liccardo ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no exposure.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required