The Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee voted unanimously on a resolution demanding the identities of donors behind an unknown super PAC that paid for the Congressional District 16 recount be disclosed. File photo.
San Jose City Council District 2 candidate Pamela Campos announced a slate of endorsements from elected leaders from both the labor and business sides of the aisle. Photo courtesy of Jo Nguyen.
A super PAC that supported former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo in his Congressional District 16 campaign contributed money to a separate PAC to fund the recount. Photo courtesy of Liccardo’s campaign.
A new federal elections complaint has been filed against former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo claiming the super PAC behind the Congressional District 16 recount, known as Count the Vote, implausibly claimed no connection with his campaign.
The political relationship between former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo stretches back a decade, before Bloomberg backed Liccardo’s run for Congress with half a million dollars.