Liccardo for Congress
SAN JOSE, CA — The Associated Press has called the race to succeed Congresswoman Anna Eshoo for former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, as has the Decision Desk, Washington Post, NBC News, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo has a commanding lead in the race; as of Wednesday November 6, 2024 at 5:30 pm, Liccardo led his opponent, Assemblymember Evan Low, by a margin of 19.8%, with Liccardo receiving 59.9% of the total votes counted.
Assemblymember Evan Low called Liccardo to congratulate him early this evening.
“While we await final results from the County Registrar,” Liccardo said, “I am working to put a strong team of congressional staff in place to serve our district at home and in D.C., because our community deserves a representative who can hit the ground running.” Liccardo continued, “I thank Evan Low for his well-wishes and congratulations earlier this evening, and I was also pleased to receive a message of congratulations and support from Congresswoman Anna Eshoo. I join our community in expressing our profound gratitude for her three decades of leadership and service to our community.”
In offering his assessment of the campaign, Liccardo noted, “Over the past 11 months, we focused the dialogue in our campaign on solutions to the problems our communities face, from the high cost of living to homelessness, and I’m proud of the way that our community has responded to our substantive campaign, and honored by the strong support we’ve seen.” During his campaign, Liccardo wrote a detailed 130-page “Let’s Get it Done” action plan to lower costs, build more affordable housing, reduce homelessness, and protect reproductive rights and other fundamental freedoms. To read more, click here.
The Democratic House leadership today called Liccardo to invite him to fly to Washington D.C., to meet with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and his team to discuss committee assignments and to get an office set up.
Liccardo was endorsed by 20 current and former members of Congress, and every one of the four daily newspapers endorsing in the race, including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Mercury News, the San Mateo Daily Journal, and the Palo Alto Daily Post. He was also endorsed by every environmental organization that weighed into the race, (the League of Conservation Voters, the Sierra Club, California Environmental Voters, and 350 Bay Area Action), along with a broad coalition of democratic, labor, and civil liberties organizations, including the New Democratic Coalition, the political arm of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (BOLD PAC), the Consumer Federation of America, NorCal Carpenters Union, Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA), Defend the Vote, Latino Victory Fund and more than 130 local elected officials. Find his full endorsement list at samliccardo.com/endorse/.
