LegiStorm

Summary

Biographical

Family:

Press Releases

Education

• American University Kogod School of Business - MBA (1984)

• Chapman University - BA, economics (1982)

Office History

Election Results

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for California (Class 3)
  Kamala Devi Harris, 61.60%

  Democrat
  Loretta Lydia Sanchez, 38.40%

  Democrat

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  46th Congressional District of California
  Loretta Lydia Sanchez, 59.70%

  Democrat
  Adam Nick, 40.30%

  Republican

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  46th Congressional District of California
  Loretta Lydia Sanchez, 63.87%

  Democrat
  Jerry Hayden, 36.13%

  Republican

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  47th Congressional District of California
  Loretta Lydia Sanchez, 52.98%

  Democrat
  Van Tran, 39.27%

  Republican
  Cecilia Ceci Iglesias, 7.76%

  Independent

• 2009 (Nov. 4, 2008 election)

  47th Congressional District of California
  Loretta Lydia Sanchez, 69.49%

  Democrat
  Rosemarie Rosie Avila, 25.43%

  Republican
  Robert Lauten, 5.08%

  American Independent

• 2007 (Nov. 7, 2006 election)

  47th Congressional District of California
  Loretta Lydia Sanchez, 62.33%

  Democrat
  Tan Nguyen, 37.67%

  Republican

• 2005 (Nov. 2, 2004 election)

  47th Congressional District of California
  Loretta Lydia Sanchez, 60.38%

  Democrat
  Alexandria A Alex Coronado, 39.62%

  Republican

• 2003 (Nov. 5, 2002 election)

  47th Congressional District of California
  Loretta Lydia Sanchez, 60.56%

  Democrat
  Jeff Chavez, 34.69%

  Republican
  Paul Marsden, 4.20%

  Libertarian

• 2001 (Nov. 7, 2000 election)

  46th Congressional District of California
  Loretta Lydia Sanchez, 60.20%

  Democrat
  Gloria Matta Tuchman, 35.01%

  Republican
  Richard B Boddie, 2.70%

  Libertarian
  Larry G Engwall, 2.09%

  Natural Law

• 1999 (Nov. 3, 1998 election)

  46th Congressional District of California
  Loretta Lydia Sanchez, 56.43%

  Democrat
  Robert Kennan Dornan (Bob), 39.28%

  Republican
  Thomas E Reimer, 2.72%

  Libertarian
  Larry G Engwall, 1.57%

  Natural Law

• 1997 (Nov. 5, 1996 election)

  46th Congressional District of California
  Loretta Lydia Sanchez, 46.66%

  Democrat
  Robert Kennan Dornan (Bob), 45.71%

  Republican
  Lawrence J Stafford, 3.44%

  Reform Party
  Thomas E Reimer, 2.27%

  Libertarian
  J Carlos Aguirre, 1.92%

  Natural Law

Associated Organizations

• Loretta Sanchez for Senate (California)

• Committee to Re-Elect Loretta Sanchez (California)

• Chapman University

  Trustee

Publications

• Dream in Color: How the Sánchez Sisters Are Making History in Congress (2008)

  Co-authors: Sánchez, Linda Teresa
  

Official Signature

Privately Financed Travel

50 trips taken between 2000 - 2016 costing $190,571

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Foreign Gifts

• 4/9/2001-4/13/2001: Lodging, food, in-county travel in China from China
• 2/18/2014-2/20/2014: Airfare, lodging and meals from Azerbaijan ($1,823.00)

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Congressional Staff

Caught Our Eye

• Facebook snags House legislative director

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on May 3, 2018
  In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook has added another Hill staffer to its lobbying team. read more

• Ex-chief of staff ships off to postal union

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Jan. 18, 2017
  The American Postal Workers Union has accepted a special delivery from the office of former Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.). Her final chief of staff has taken a position as the union's senior adviser on government affairs. read more

• New congressional staffer was world-champion shooter

  Posted by Sean Myers on March 9, 2016
  A new staffer for Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) is a five-time medalist in skeet shooting at the World Championships. read more

• Congress reacts to Scalia's passing

  Posted by Sean Myers on Feb. 16, 2016
  Congressional members and their staffers took to Twitter over the weekend to react to Justice Antonin Scalia's death and, in some cases, fire political barbs. read more

• Congress takes Disneyland in December

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Jan. 9, 2015
  Travel records show that at least three House Republicans and a Democrat left behind the city of bleak bickering in December for a trip to the "happiest place on Earth." read more

• Loretta Sanchez's new chief is signed, sealed, ready to be delivered

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on Dec. 10, 2013
  Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) gave her stamp of approval with the hiring of her new chief of staff. read more

• Posted by LegiStorm on Sept. 3, 2013
  While Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) last week reported an August trip to Ethiopia courtesy of the Aspen Institute, her co-traveler and little sister seemed focused more on the free first-class flight she received for an Italian vacation. read more

• Israel jaunts set record for most costly trips

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on Sept. 12, 2011
  The American Israel Education Foundation has spent a record amount to send members of Congress and their staff to Israel in 2011, even before all the numbers are in. read more

• Staffer who embezzled taxpayer funds avoids prison time

  Posted by LegiStorm on Sept. 26, 2009
  A staffer to Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) was sentenced to three years of probation for stealing nearly $7,000 from the office account, according to the Associated Press. read more

• Ethics committe looking at Sanchez sisters

  Posted by LegiStorm on May 20, 2009
  The House ethics committee is looking into whether Reps. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) and Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) violated congressional rules when the Linda Sanchez took some of her sister's employees on her own payroll in late 2006, according to a story in Roll Call Wednesday. read more