Candidate for
Mayor; City of San Jose

Sam Liccardo is a member of the San Jose City Council, representing District 3. He was first elected to the council in 2006. Liccardo is a 2014 nonpartisan candidate for mayor of San Jose, California.

Sam's work in the community includes teaching government and political science at San José State University, co-founding an innovative program to mentor children, serving on the boards of several affordable housing organizations, and advocating for a successful countywide transit ballot measure in 2000 that is helping to bring BART to San José.

Growing up in San Jose, California, Liccardo graduated from Bellarmine College Prep. He earned his B.S., magna cum laude, from Georgetown University in 1991 and his M.S. in Public Policy and J.D. from Harvard University in 1996.

Liccardo's professional experience includes working as a prosecutor of sexual assault and child exploitation crimes in the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office and as a federal prosecutor.