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From San Jose to D.C.: How Sam Liccardo is getting ready

Add one more person to the list of employers feeling the Bay Area’s cost of living pains: An incoming Silicon Valley congressman looking for legislative staff and office space. Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo will be the region’s first new congressman in decades, and he’s at the early stages of building his teams to...

Evan Low concedes Silicon Valley congressional race to Sam Liccardo

State Assemblymember Evan Low has conceded the race for Silicon Valley’s hottest congressional seat — sending former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo to Washington D.C. Election night results launched Liccardo into a comfortable 20% lead over Low for Congressional District 16, a trend that hasn’t changed much since subsequent ballot tallying updates. Low — whose...

Sam Liccardo maintains lead in Silicon Valley congressional race

Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo is leading in Silicon Valley’s hottest congressional race over state Assemblymember Evan Low in an unprecedented showdown between two powerful, liberal Bay Area politicians. As of 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, results show Liccardo leading with 59.9% of the vote, bumping Low to second place with 40.1% of the vote for Congressional...

How Silicon Valley candidates are tied to troubled recycler

Candidates running to represent Silicon Valley in Congress are pointing fingers over whose ties are tighter to a Bay Area recycling company under scrutiny by the FBI. In the Congressional District 16 race, Assemblymember Evan Low’s campaign circulated an advertisement titled “Dirty Politics,” calling out Low’s opponent and former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo’s connections...

Former San Jose mayor holds large funding lead ahead of Election Day

Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo has widened the gap between himself and his congressional opponent in their race to represent Silicon Valley. Both candidates for Congressional District 16 have filed their last scheduled campaign finance papers before Election Day, and Liccardo has raised $2.1 million more than state Assemblymember Evan Low throughout the race...

Sparks fly when Silicon Valley congressional candidates face off

Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and California Assemblymember Evan Low traded razor-sharp rebukes of each others’ records on climate, public safety and housing in a tense one-hour debate for Silicon Valley’s hottest congressional race. The candidates for Congressional District 16 were initially all smiles at NBC Bay Area’s San Jose studio on Friday. But...

Silicon Valley lawmaker faces second federal elections complaint

Assemblymember Evan Low has been slapped with another federal elections complaint, this time alleging improper use of money for his congressional campaign. Defend the Vote, a voting rights advocacy group and political action committee, filed the complaint with the Federal Elections Commission Wednesday. It alleges Low’s state Assembly committee spent money on advertisements to support...