U.S. House · Updated Oct 9
California's 16th District
Sam T. Liccardo win chance
>99%
Typical margin: Liccardo by 27.5
Democrat
Who's running
The numbers behind it
Campaign money
Sam T. Liccardo
Raised $3.5M · $2.2M cash on hand · through Jun 30, 2026 · FEC filing ↗
Peter Sundin Soule
Raised $400 · $400 cash on hand · through Jun 30, 2026 · FEC filing ↗
Our model counts the money gap as worth 1.5 points to Sam T. Liccardo. Even a 10× gap is worth at most 1.5.
Candidates' own committees only, from fec.gov. Third-quarter reports are due Oct 15.
How the numbers moved
- Sep 23Cook Political Report: Solid DCook Political Report
- Jun 30Peter Sundin Soule had raised $400FEC filing
- Jun 30Sam T. Liccardo had raised $3.5MFEC filing
How we got this number
We blend the polling average (when there is one) with the race's fundamentals: past results, incumbency, the national mood and the money. Then we play the election out 40,000 times, with polling misses that move every race together, and count how often each side wins.
90% of the model's 40,000 simulated elections land between D+15.5 and D+39.9.
No public polls yet, so this forecast rests on the fundamentals alone, with a wider range.
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