Peter Sundin Soulé
Candidate for U.S. Representative, Congressional District 16
Peter Sundin Soulé is the Republican candidate for California's 16th Congressional District. He faces Democratic incumbent Sam Liccardo, in the November 3, 2026 election. He advanced from the June 2, 2026 primary. He placed second among four candidates with 10.8% of the vote (19,841 votes), according to the certified Statement of Vote. Soulé holds a bachelor's degree from UC Santa Barbara. He holds an MBA in finance too, from Golden Gate University. He has worked in his family's firm, Soule Steel Company. It makes reinforcing steel, for the Bay Area market. His grandfather, Edward Lee Soulé Sr., founded it in 1911. His roles there have spanned several fields. These include property management, finance, and metal-frame construction work. He has been active in local GOP politics since 2004. He has served on its central committee since 2005, that of the Santa Clara Valley group. He has worked as a delegate, for the state GOP. He has also walked precincts, and done other volunteer work. He has served on a city panel too, the San Jose Civil Service Commission. This is his first run for federal office. He has never held elected office before. Home: San Jose/Santa Clara County area, California. Job: He works in his family's firm, Soule Steel Company. He also volunteers for the Republican Party, and is now a congressional candidate. Prior office: None; this is his first run for federal office. He has served in one appointed local role, the San Jose Civil Service Commission, and in party posts, but has not held elected public office.
On the issues
- Economy & Jobs
Supports reducing business regulation and government spending, and opposes policies he says keep energy and housing costs artificially high, including proposing to ban large financial institutions from buying single-family homes.
Source → - Taxes & Cost of Living
Supports reducing government waste and spending and shielding older homeowners from capital-gains taxes on home sales, framing this as helping affordability, though he has not stated a specific position on federal income or corporate tax rates.
Source → - Immigration & Border
Supports stronger immigration enforcement, including withholding federal funds from sanctuary cities, opposing driver's licenses for those who cannot read English, restricting foreign (including Chinese) purchases of farmland near military bases, and reforming the H-1B visa program to prioritize American workers.
Source → - Education & Schools
Supports parental rights, school choice, vocational training options, curriculum focused on basic skills and balanced American history instruction, and creation of savings accounts for school-age children; has not stated a specific federal higher-education or student debt position.
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Opposes local policies that he says limit Second Amendment rights.
Source → - Criminal Justice & Courts
Emphasizes stronger enforcement of existing laws to address neighborhood safety and combating drug trafficking, without a stated specific position on federal sentencing/bail reform.
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Supports expanding domestic oil drilling and refinery construction in California and increasing water storage/reforming environmental species protections to lower water costs for farmers, framing this around affordability rather than emissions reduction; no specific climate/emissions position found.
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