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Rep. Zoe Lofgren on ex-San Jose mayor's potential challenge to her: 'I don’t usually run to lose' [1]

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Date: 2023-02-22  

California Rep. Zoe Lofgren

Rep. Zoe Lofgren tells San Jose Spotlight’s Jana Kadah that her fellow California Democrat, former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, called her last week and said that he was considering running for her 18th District or colleague Anna Eshoo’s neighboring 16th. Lofgren recounts, “(Liccardo) said he was assessing his options. He wants to be in Congress… And I told him it’s a free country. He can run if he wants.” She added, “But I plan to run and I don’t usually run to lose.” Joe Biden won over 70% of the vote in both Lofgren and Eshoo’s constituencies.

Liccardo himself told Spotlight in December just before leaving office that when it comes to a House bid, “I’ve considered different options, but right now that’s not an option because San Jose’s got four districts and we’ve got four members of Congress there.” (The other two constituencies are the 17th and 19th Districts, which are respectively held by Democratic Reps. Ro Khanna and Jimmy Panetta.) Liccardo said back then, “If one of those folks suddenly decides they’re not there, well then that’s a conversation.”

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