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2026 candidates we're tracking in CA-16
Sam Liccardo
Top priorities
- Expand housing supply and affordability
- Advance clean energy and innovation as chair of the New Democratic Coalition's Innovation and Technology Working Group
- Strengthen community-based policing and violence prevention
Per the official House website.
About Sam Liccardo
Sam Liccardo represents California's 16th Congressional District and previously served as mayor of San Jose. His public career has focused on housing, homelessness, public safety, transportation, and Silicon Valley economic issues.
Peter Sundin Soulé
Top priorities
- Stopping the flow of drugs and narcotics into the country
- Parental rights and school choice, and water-supply reform for farmers
Per the iVoterGuide candidate questionnaire.
About Peter Sundin Soulé
Peter Sundin Soulé is a Republican candidate for California's 16th Congressional District. His campaign biography says he earned a B.A. from UC Santa Barbara and an M.B.A. in finance from Golden Gate University, worked in his family's Soule Steel business in San Francisco and Los Angeles, served on the San Jose Civil Service Commission from 2007 to 2011, and has been active in Santa Clara County Republican politics.
About this race
California's 16th Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The California primary is Tuesday, June 2, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.