# Sam Liccardo Democratic US Representative for California's 16th Congressional District (since 2025) and former Mayor of San Jose (2015–2022). A Stanford Law graduate and former federal prosecutor, Liccardo won the open seat vacated by Anna Eshoo in a competitive 2024 primary that drew national attention as a proxy fight over [[Silicon Valley]] tech politics. His mayoral tenure included navigating the region's housing crisis and relationships with major tech employers. Liccardo appears in the vault in discussions of policy front-running and potential market manipulation around geopolitical tensions — part of the pattern of tracking congressional actors with proximity to defense and foreign policy decisions. ## See Also - [[Silicon Valley]] — the economic center of his district