Outside groups have spent more than $4 million on Liccardo and Low.
Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, left, and Assemblymember Evan Low are locked in a runoff to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo in the 16th Congressional District, encompassing parts of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. Though it’s not one of California’s few battleground House seats, the congressional District 16 race has captured the attention of outside groups that have shelled out more than $4 million ahead of Election Day.
In the District 16 congressional race, the pro-Liccardo Super PAC Neighbors for Results has been the biggest spender overall, pumping $1.9 million into the heated contest and accounting for more than 80% of positive spending for the former mayor., contributing $2 million. Other major donors to the Super PAC include former NetApp CEO Daniel Warmenhoven and Cypress Semiconductor founder John Thurman Rodgers. The groupNeighbors for Results has spent $1.
In a statement, Low’s campaign manager, Lindsey Cobia, attacked Liccardo for garnering Bloomberg’s support, calling the former mayor’s campaign “a wholly owned subsidiary of a New York billionaire who has long supported Sam’s attacks on working people and the pensions they’ve earned.” On Low’s side, the Golden State Leadership Fund has been the biggest spender, having expended $399,000 on his candidacy in the primary. The group lists its major donors as the California Apartment Association, PG&E and the LGBT Caucus Leadership Fund.
Other groups spending money to support Low include the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians — a tribe based in San Diego County — the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California and the Voter Protection Project. The voting rights organization has spent $82,000 in support of Low and lists its top two major donors as the San Jose Police Officers’ Association, which gave $75,000, and California Waste Solutions, which gave $10,000.
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