THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Liccardo's fundraising profile is heavily reliant on individual donors, who supplied 89% of his $8.2M in direct contributions, while PACs and committees accounted for 11%. Industry-tied contributions show concentration in technology (25%), securities and investment (19%), and lawyers and lobbyists (17%), with individual donors in these same sectors comprising his primary employment-based donor base. Separate from industry money, $1.2M came from party and leadership sources, reflecting his position within Democratic fundraising networks.
Raised · all cycles$8.2M#62 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share25%Technology
Donor-sector votes7on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Liccardo (ribbon width = dollars) · right: their votes on bills classified as favoring vs limiting those sectors
“Favors / limits” is an AI classification of each bill's likely effect on the sector — a factual reading of the bill, not a claim about motive. Correlation, not causation. The named bills are in DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES? below.
DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES?
How Liccardo voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 7 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Liccardo's total from that donor sector — shown on each related vote, not a per-vote amount. Correlation between funding and votes, not causation; many factors shape any single vote.
TOP SOURCES
1$833K
NEIGHBORS FOR RESULTS
PAC
2$149K
LET'S GET IT DONE PAC
PAC
3GOOGLE
$90K
employees
4$78K
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
employees
5$60K
BOLD AMERICA
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Lobbying–Donor Overlap80%
Sam T. Liccardo (D) voted NAY sjres28-119; Technology is their largest tracked donor sector (20%) with 22367 active lobbying filings
This joint resolution would nullify a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule expanding supervisory authority over large Technology payment applications. Rep. Sam T. Liccardo (D-CA) voted NAY on sjres28-119. Technology comprises 20.3% of Liccardo's identifiable donor base ($1.66M, ranking third among party colleagues), while Technology companies filed 22,367 lobbying reports since 2022 on related issues.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap80%
Sam T. Liccardo (D) voted YEA s146-119; Technology is their largest tracked donor sector (20%) with 22367 active lobbying filings
The TAKE IT DOWN Act (s146-119) would prohibit nonconsensual online publication of intimate images, including deepfakes, and require Technology platforms to remove such content upon notice. Rep. Sam T. Liccardo (D-CA) voted YEA on s146-119. Technology comprises 20.3% of Liccardo's identifiable donor base ($1.66M, ranking #3 in their party), while Technology companies filed 22,367 lobbying reports on related issues since 2022.
COMMITTEES
Financial Services
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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