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{{Short description|American lawyer & politician (born 1969)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name          = Linda Sánchez
|image         = Linda Sánchez, 116th Congress, official photo.jpg
|office1       = [[Democratic Caucus Vice-Chairman of the United States House of Representatives|Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus]]
|leader1       = [[Nancy Pelosi]]
|term_start1   = January 3, 2017
|term_end1     = January 3, 2019
|predecessor1  = [[Joe Crowley]]
|successor1    = [[Katherine Clark]]
|state2        = [[California]]
|term_start2   = January 3, 2003
|term_end2     = 
|predecessor2  = [[Steve Horn]] (redistricted)
|successor2    = 
|constituency2 = {{ushr|CA|39|C}} (2003–2013)<br>{{ushr|CA|38|C}} (2013–present)
|birth_name    = Linda Teresa Sánchez
|birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1969|1|28}}
|birth_place   = [[Orange, California]], U.S.
|death_date    = 
|death_place   = 
|party         = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|spouse        = {{marriage|James Sullivan|2009}}
|children      = 1
|education     = [[University of California, Berkeley]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of California, Los Angeles]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
|relatives     = [[Loretta Sánchez]] (sister)
|signature     = Signature of Linda J. Sánchez.jpg
|signature_alt = Linda Sánchez's Signature
|website       = {{url|lindasanchez.house.gov|House website}}<br>{{url|voteforlinda.com|Campaign website}}
|module        = {{Listen |pos=center |embed=yes |filename=Rep. Linda Sánchez Speaks on Unemployment Insurance.ogg |title=Sánchez's voice |type=speech |description=Sánchez on unemployment insurance.<br>Recorded January 15, 2014}}
}}
'''Linda Teresa Sánchez''' (born January 28, 1969) is an American politician and former [[United States labor law|labor]] lawyer serving as the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for {{ushr|CA|38}} since 2013. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], she was first elected to Congress in [[2002 United States House of Representatives elections in California|2002]] in {{ushr|CA|39}}. Sánchez serves on the [[United States House Committee on Ways and Means|Ways and Means Committee]]; she was the [[ranking member]] on the [[United States House Committee on Ethics|House Ethics Committee]] until 2017. In the [[114th United States Congress|114th Congress]], she chaired the [[Congressional Hispanic Caucus]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Members |url=https://congressionalhispaniccaucus-lujangrisham.house.gov/members|publisher=Congressional Hispanic Caucus|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515183838/https://congressionalhispaniccaucus-lujangrisham.house.gov/members |archive-date=May 15, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2016, Sánchez's colleagues elected her vice chair of the [[House Democratic Caucus]] for the [[115th United States Congress|115th Congress]], the fifth-ranking position in House Democratic leadership, thus becoming the first woman of color elected to a leadership position in the history of the U.S. Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/rep-linda-sanchez-makes-history-house-leadership-election-n690301|title=Rep. Linda Sanchez Makes History in House Leadership Election|website=NBC News|date=30 November 2016 }}</ref> She is the younger sister of former U.S. Representative [[Loretta Sanchez]]; to date, they are the only pair of sisters to have served in Congress.

==Early life, education and career==
Sánchez was born on January 28, 1969, in [[Orange, California]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Sanchez, Linda T.|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=S001156|access-date=2020-10-17|website=Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress}}</ref> She grew up with six siblings, raised by [[Mexicans|Mexican]] immigrant parents in [[Anaheim, California|Anaheim]], where she attended [[Valencia High School (Placentia, California)|Valencia High School]].<ref>{{cite news | first= David | last= Montgomery | title= Sanchez Sisters Have a Shoe In Each Camp |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/29/AR2008012903288_pf.html | newspaper= The Washington Post | date= 2008-01-30 | access-date=2008-04-13 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=  Linda T. Sánchez |url= https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/22572| access-date=2025-07-29 | website=house.gov}}</ref> She earned her [[Bachelor of Arts]] in Spanish literature with an emphasis in bilingual education at the [[University of California, Berkeley]],<ref name="govinfo-bio">{{cite web |title=Linda T. Sánchez |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc225/pdf/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc225-3-21.pdf |publisher=U.S. Government Publishing Office |access-date=14 November 2022}}</ref> and her [[Juris Doctor]] degree in 1995 at the [[UCLA School of Law]],<ref name=":0" /> where she was an editor of the ''[[Chicanx Latinx Law Review|Chicano-Latino Law Review]]''.<ref name="DreamInColor"/>

Before her public service career, Sánchez was an attorney specializing in labor law. In 1998, she joined the [[International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers]] (IBEW) Local 441 and became a compliance officer.<ref name="IBEW2003">{{cite web |title=Linda Sanchez Goes To Washington |url=http://www.ibew.org/articles/03journal/0301/page12.htm |website=IBEW |access-date=21 November 2020 |date=2003}}</ref> From 2000 to 2002, she was executive secretary and treasurer of the [[Orange County, California|Orange County]] branch of the [[AFL–CIO|AFL-CIO]].<ref name=":0" />

==Political campaigns==
===39th congressional district (2003–2013)===
Sánchez started her political career in what was then the [[California's 39th congressional district|39th district]]. That district had previously been the 38th, represented by five-term Republican [[Steve Horn]]. It already had a modest Democratic lean, but redistricting following the [[2000 United States census|2000 U.S. census]] made it even more Democratic, prompting Horn to retire.

Sánchez finished first in a six-person primary for the Democratic nomination in March 2002. She won the primaries with 33.5% of the vote; the second-place candidate, [[Hector De La Torre|Hector de la Torre]], received 29.3%.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Linda Sanchez, Jerry Brown Win in California Primary|last=Springer|first=Richard|date=March 15, 2002|work=INDIAWEST}}</ref> She went on to win the general election against Republican Tim Escobar, 54.9% to 40.8%. This made Sánchez the first woman IBEW member to be elected to Congress.<ref name="IBEW2003"/>

She ran unopposed in the Democratic primaries in 2004. She faced Escobar again in the general election, defeating him 60.7% to 39.3%. In the 2006 election, she defeated two primary challengers with 77.8% of the vote and attorney James L. Andion in the general election.

Linda and her sister Loretta became the first pair of sisters to serve together in the U.S. House of Representatives.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Congress gets its first sister act with Loretta and Linda Sanchez|last=Bunis|first=Dena|date=November 6, 2002|agency=[[Knight Rider Tribune News Service]]}}</ref> Loretta represented an Orange County district from 1997 until 2017, after she announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Loretta Sanchez to Declare Senate Candidacy on Thursday|last=Lazo|first=Alejandro|date=May 13, 2015|work=Dow Jones Institutional News}}</ref> She finished second in California's "top two" primary, before she was defeated by fellow Democrat, then-California Attorney Genera [[Kamala Harris]] in the [[2016 United States Senate election in California|2016 general election]].

===38th congressional district (2013–present)===
After the [[2010 United States census|2010 U.S. census]], Sánchez's district was renumbered the 38th district. In the [[2014 United States House of Representatives elections|upcoming election]] she faced Republican Ryan Downing.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/election-results/california-38th-congressional-district/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806144040/https://www.washingtonpost.com/election-results/california-38th-congressional-district/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 6, 2018|title=Rep. Linda Sanchez, Ryan Downing win California 38th Congressional District primaries|date=August 8, 2018|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=September 14, 2018}}</ref>

===Electoral history===
{{Election box open primary begin no change
| title=[[2002 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 39|US House election, 2002]]: California District 39<ref>{{cite web|title=2002 California primary election results|date=March 5, 2002|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2002-primary/sov-complete.pdf#page=30%22%3E}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2002 California general election results|date=November 5, 2002|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2002-general/sov-complete.pdf#page=19%22%3E}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  | party = Democratic Party (United States)
  | candidate = Linda Sánchez
  | votes = 10,804
  | percentage = 33.47%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  | party = Democratic Party (United States)
  | candidate = [[Hector De La Torre]]
  | votes = 9,450
  | percentage = 29.27%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  | party = Democratic Party (United States)
  | candidate = Sally Havice
  | votes = 6,223
  | percentage = 19.28%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  | party = Democratic Party (United States)
  | candidate = Helen Rahder
  | votes = 2,698
  | percentage = 8.36%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  | party = Democratic Party (United States)
  | candidate = Ken Graham
  | votes = 1,879
  | percentage = 5.82%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  | party = Democratic Party (United States)
  | candidate = Cecy Groom
  | votes = 1,230
  | percentage = 3.81%
}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 32,284
  | percentage = 100}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Linda Sánchez
  |votes      = 52,256
  |percentage = 54.81%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tim Escobar
  |votes      = 38,925
  |percentage = 40.82%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Richard Newhouse
  |votes      = 4,165
  |percentage = 4.37%
}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 95,346
  | percentage = 100}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
| loser = Republican Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change
| title=[[2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 39|US House election, 2004]]: California District 39<ref>{{cite web|title=2004 California general election results|date=November 2, 2004|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2004-general/sov_2004_entire.pdf#page=39%22%3E}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Linda Sánchez (incumbent)
  |votes      = 100,132
  |percentage = 60.70%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tim Escobar
  |votes      = 64,832
  |percentage = 39.30%
}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 164,964
  | percentage = 100}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
  | winner = Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box open primary begin no change
| title=[[2006 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 39|US House election, 2006]]: California District 39<ref>{{cite web|title=2006 California primary election results|date=June 6, 2006|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2006-primary/2006_sov.pdf#page=35%22%3E}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2006 California general election results|date=November 7, 2006|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2002-general/sov-complete.pdf#page=21%22%3E}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  | party = Democratic Party (United States)
  | candidate = Linda Sánchez (incumbent)
  | votes = 23,893
  | percentage = 77.79%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  | party = Democratic Party (United States)
  | candidate = Kenneth Graham
  | votes = 5,083
  | percentage = 16.55%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  | party = Democratic Party (United States)
  | candidate = Frank Amador
  | votes = 1,738
  | percentage = 5.66%
}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 30,714
  | percentage = 100}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Linda Sánchez (incumbent)
  |votes      = 72,149
  |percentage = 65.87%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = James Andion
  |votes      = 37,384
  |percentage = 34.13%
}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 109,533
  | percentage = 100}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
  | winner = Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change
| title=[[2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 39|US House election, 2008]]: California District 39<ref>{{cite web|title=2008 California general election results|date=November 8, 2008|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2008-general/sov_complete.pdf#page=11%22%3E}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Linda Sánchez (incumbent)
  |votes      = 125,289
  |percentage = 69.67%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Diane Lenning
  |votes      = 54,533
  |percentage = 30.33%
}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 179,822
  | percentage = 100}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
  | winner = Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change
| title=[[2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 39|US House election, 2010]]: California District 39<ref>{{cite web|title=2010 California general election results|date=November 2, 2010|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2010-general/complete-sov.pdf#page=13%22%3E}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Linda Sánchez (incumbent)
  |votes      = 81,590
  |percentage = 63.27%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Larry Andre
  |votes      = 42,037
  |percentage = 32.60%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = American Independent Party
  |candidate  = John A. Smith
  |votes      = 5,334
  |percentage = 4.14%
}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 128,961
  | percentage = 100}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
  | winner = Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box open primary begin no change
| title=[[2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 38|US House election, 2012]]: California District 38<ref>{{cite web|title=2012 California primary election results|date=June 5, 2012|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2012-primary/pdf/2012-complete-sov.pdf#page=18%22%3E}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2012 California general election results|date=November 6, 2012|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2012-general/sov-complete.pdf#page=10%22%3E}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  | party = Democratic Party (United States)
  | candidate = Linda Sánchez (incumbent)
  | votes = 33,223
  | percentage = 56.03%
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  | party = Republican Party (United States)
  | candidate = Benjamin Campos
  | votes = 13,363
  | percentage = 22.53%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  | party = Republican Party (United States)
  | candidate = Jorge Robles
  | votes = 12,713
  | percentage = 21.44%
}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 59,299
  | percentage = 100}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Linda Sánchez (incumbent)
  |votes      = 145,280
  |percentage = 67.54%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Benjamin Campos
  |votes      = 69,807
  |percentage = 32.46%
}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 215,087
  | percentage = 100}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
  | winner = Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change
| title=[[2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 38|US House election, 2014]]: California District 38<ref>{{cite web|title=2014 California general election results|date=November 4, 2014|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2014-general/pdf/2014-complete-sov.pdf#page=9%22%3E}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Linda Sánchez (incumbent)
  |votes      = 58,192
  |percentage = 59.09%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Benjamin Campos
  |votes      = 40,288
  |percentage = 40.91%
}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 98,480
  | percentage = 100}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
  | winner = Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box open primary begin no change
| title=[[2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 38|US House election, 2016]]: California District 38<ref>{{cite web|title=2016 California primary election results|date=June 7, 2016|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-primary/2016-complete-sov.pdf#page=18%22%3E}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2016 California general election results|date=November 8, 2016|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-general/sov/2016-complete-sov.pdf#page=9%22%3E}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  | party = Democratic Party (United States)
  | candidate = Linda Sánchez (incumbent)
  | votes = 86,396
  | percentage = 70.02%
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  | party = Republican Party (United States)
  | candidate = Ryan Downing
  | votes = 25,801
  | percentage = 20.91%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  | party = Independent
  | candidate = Scott Michael Adams
  | votes = 11,189
  | percentage = 9.07%
}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 123,386
  | percentage = 100}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Linda Sánchez (incumbent)
  |votes      = 163,590
  |percentage = 70.48%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Ryan Downing
  |votes      = 68,524
  |percentage = 29.52%
}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 232,114
  | percentage = 100}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
  | winner = Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change
| title=[[2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 38|US House election, 2018]]: California District 38<ref>{{cite web|title=2018 California general election results|date=November 6, 2018|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/sov/2018-complete-sov.pdf#page=10%22%3E}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Linda Sánchez (incumbent)
  |votes      = 139,188
  |percentage = 68.85%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Ryan Downing
  |votes      = 62,968
  |percentage = 31.15%
}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 202,156
  | percentage = 100}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
  | winner = Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change
| title=[[2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 38|US House election, 2020]]: California District 38<ref>{{cite web|title=2020 California general election results|date=November 3, 2020|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2020-general/sov/complete-sov.pdf#page=11%22%3E}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Linda Sánchez (incumbent)
  |votes      = 190,467
  |percentage = 74.34%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Michael Tolar
  |votes      = 65,739
  |percentage = 25.66%
}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 256,206
  | percentage = 100}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
  | winner = Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box open primary begin no change
| title=[[2022 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 38|US House election, 2022]]: California District 38<ref>{{cite web|title=2022 California primary election results|date=June 7, 2022|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2022-primary/sov/complete.pdf#page=22%22%3E}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2022 California general election results|date=November 8, 2022|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2022-general/sov/complete.pdf#page=9%22%3E}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  | party = Democratic Party (United States)
  | candidate = Linda Sánchez (incumbent)
  | votes = 58,586
  | percentage = 58.71%
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  | party = Republican Party (United States)
  | candidate = [[Eric Ching]]
  | votes = 30,436
  | percentage = 30.50%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  | party = Republican Party (United States)
  | candidate = John Sarega
  | votes = 10,768
  | percentage = 10.79%
}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 99,790
  | percentage = 100}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Linda Sánchez (incumbent)
  |votes      = 101,260
  |percentage = 58.09%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Eric Ching]]
  |votes      = 73,051
  |percentage = 41.91%
}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 174,311
  | percentage = 100}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
  | winner = Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box open primary begin no change
| title=[[2024 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 38|US House election, 2024]]: California District 38<ref>{{cite web|title=2024 California primary election results|date=March 5, 2024|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2024-primary/sov/complete-sov-updated.pdf#page=14%22%3E}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2024 California general election results|date=November 5, 2024|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2024-general/sov/complete-sov.pdf#page=9%22%3E}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  | party = Democratic Party (United States)
  | candidate = Linda Sánchez (incumbent)
  | votes = 62,325
  | percentage = 56.18%
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  | party = Republican Party (United States)
  | candidate = [[Eric Ching]]
  | votes = 26,744
  | percentage = 24.11%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  | party = Republican Party (United States)
  | candidate = John Sarega
  | votes = 13,841
  | percentage = 12.48%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  | party = Republican Party (United States)
  | candidate = Robert Ochoa
  | votes = 8,034
  | percentage = 7.24%
}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 110,944
  | percentage = 100}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Linda Sánchez (incumbent)
  |votes      = 165,110
  |percentage = 59.84%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Eric Ching]]
  |votes      = 110,818
  |percentage = 40.16%
}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 275,928
  | percentage = 100}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
  | winner = Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}

==U.S. House of Representatives==
[[File:Linda Sanchez Veterans.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Congresswoman Sánchez participates in Long Beach's Veterans Day celebration.]]

===Committee assignments===
For the [[118th United States Congress|118th Congress]]:<ref>{{cite web |title=Linda T. Sánchez |url=https://clerk.house.gov/members/S001156 |publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |access-date=30 April 2023}}</ref>
* [[United States House Committee on Ways and Means|Committee on Ways and Means]]
** [[United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security|Subcommittee on Social Security]]
** [[United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax|Subcommittee on Tax]]
** [[United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade|Subcommittee on Trade]]

===Party leadership and caucus memberships===
* [[Steering and Policy Committees of the United States House of Representatives#House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee|House Democratic Party Steering and Policy Committee]]
* Co-founder of the Labor and Working Families Caucus
* [[United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus|International Conservation Caucus]]
* [[Congressional Arts Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Membership|url=https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|publisher=Congressional Arts Caucus|access-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140644/https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|archive-date=June 12, 2018|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* [[Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://capac-chu.house.gov/members|publisher=Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus|access-date=17 May 2018}}</ref>
* [[Congressional Hispanic Caucus]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members|url=https://chc.house.gov/members|access-date=2021-03-02|website=Congressional Hispanic Caucus|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Strengthening Conservation Advocacy: Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus Expansion & Reconstitution|author=|url=https://www.refugeassociation.org/news/2023/12/18/strengthening-conservation-advocacy-congressional-wildlife-refuge-caucus-expansion-amp-reconstitution |format=|publisher=National Wildlife Refuge Association|date=15 December 2023|accessdate=11 February 2025}}</ref>
* [[United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Members|url=https://royce.house.gov/internationalconservation/members.html|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives International Conservation Caucus|access-date=5 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801155201/https://royce.house.gov/internationalconservation/members.html|archive-date=August 1, 2018|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Caucus Membrs|url=https://progressives.house.gov/caucus-members| publisher=US House of Representatives |access-date=January 3, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Congressional Coalition on Adoption]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute|url=https://www.ccainstitute.org|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Congressional Taiwan Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Congressional Taiwan Caucus|url=https://sherman.house.gov/taiwancaucus| publisher=Congressman Brad Sherman|access-date=19 August 2025}}</ref>
* [[United States–China Working Group]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Mission|author=|url=https://larsen.house.gov/uscwg/ |format=|publisher=U.S.-China Working Group|date=|accessdate=28 February 2025}}</ref>

Sánchez has two committee assignments in the House: the [[United States House Committee on Ethics|Committee on Ethics]] and the [[United States House Committee on Ways and Means]]. In 2005, she was appointed Assistant [[Minority Whip]]. She is a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and co-chairs the Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus, which she co-founded. She is also a vice chair of the [[Congressional Equality Caucus|Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus]].<ref>{{cite web|title=About the CEC|url=https://equality.house.gov/about-cec/membership| publisher=CEC|access-date=25 August 2025}}</ref>

==Political positions==
Sanchez voted with President [[Joe Biden]]'s stated position 100% of the time in the [[117th United States Congress|117th Congress]], according to a ''[[FiveThirtyEight]]'' analysis.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Bycoffe |first1=Aaron |last2=Wiederkehr |first2=Anna |date=2021-04-22 |title=Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden? |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/house/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423141050/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/house/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=FiveThirtyEight |language=en}}</ref>

=== Abortion ===
Sánchez is [[Abortion-rights movement|pro-choice]] and has voted against repealing federal funding for [[abortion]]s. She opposed legislation to bar transporting minors between states for abortions and making it a crime to harm a fetus in another crime.<ref name=issues/> According to research by [[Project Vote Smart]]:<ref name="votesmart.org">{{cite web |title=The Voter's Self Defense System |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/29674/linda-sanchez |website=Vote Smart |access-date=28 June 2022}}</ref>

* Sánchez "supported the interests of the [[National Right to Life Committee]] 0 percent in 2010."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/interest-group/252/rating/5781|title=Rating Group: National Right to Life Committee|date=2010|work=Vote Smart|access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref>
* On October 13, 2011, Sánchez "strongly opposed" the Protect Life Act (H.R. 358).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/public-statement/646672/|title=Protect Life Act: Floor Speech|last=Sanchez|first=Linda|date=October 13, 2011|work=Vote Smart|access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref>
* Sánchez supported the interests of [[NARAL Pro-Choice America]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1016/rating/5741|title=Rating Group: NARAL Pro-Choice America|date=2010|work=Vote Smart|access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref>
* Sánchez has voted against many anti-abortion bills, such as the Abortion Pain Bill, prohibiting federally funded abortion services, prohibiting taxpayer funding of abortion, and the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act.<ref name="votesmart.org" />

She opposed the [[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization|overturning of]] ''[[Roe v. Wade]]''.<ref>{{cite tweet |last1=Sánchez |first1=Linda |user=RepLindaSanchez |title=Health care decisions belong in the doctor's office, not the courtroom. With this decision, the Supreme Court has chosen to ignore 50 years of established precedent, robbing women of the right to make our own health care choices. |number=1540351694063689730 |url=https://twitter.com/RepLindaSanchez/status/1540351694063689730 |website=[[Twitter]] |access-date=28 June 2022 |language=en |date=24 June 2022}}</ref>

=== Budget and economy ===
Sánchez voted against spending prioritizing in the event the [[debt limit]] is reached. In 2009, she supported a [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009|$192 billion anti-recession stimulus package]], an $825 billion [[bailout]] fund,<ref name=issues/> a $15 billion bailout for GM and Chrysler, and a $60 billion stimulus package. She voted in 2011 to raise the debt limit to $16.7 trillion.<ref name=issues/> She opposes any move to [[Privatization of Social Security|privatize Social Security]].<ref name="issues" /> As of 2014, she supported reducing defense spending to balance the budget.<ref name="votesmart.org"/>

=== Civil rights ===
Sánchez received a 100% rating from the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People|NAACP]], indicating a pro–[[affirmative action]] position.<ref name="issues" /> She supports [[LGBT rights in the United States|gay rights]] and opposes [[Discrimination against the LGBT community|discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender]].<ref name=issues/> On October 4, 2011, Sánchez made a statement on [[LGBT History Month]], saying: "We must continue to strive to end discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation and fight so that all Americans have the right to marry and start families with those they love. I remain committed to supporting marriage equality, investments in HIV/AIDS care, treatment and research, and campaigns that take action against bullying in schools."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/public-statement/646675/|title=Linda Sánchez Statement on LGBT History Month|last=Sanchez|first=Linda|date=October 4, 2011|work=[[Vote Smart]]|access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref>

In a February 9, 2010, letter to President [[Barack Obama]], then-Speaker of the House [[Nancy Pelosi]], and Senator [[Charles Schumer]], Sánchez wrote: "Currently, U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents may sponsor their spouses (and other immediate family members) for immigration purposes. But same-sex partners committed to spending their lives together are not recognized as 'families' under U.S. immigration law and thus do not have this same right. [...] This is unacceptable, and we believe comprehensive immigration reform legislation must include a strong family reunification component inclusive of LGBT families."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/public-statement/483699/|title=Letter to President Obama, et al.: End Discrimination for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Binational Families|last=Sanchez|first=Linda|date=February 9, 2010|work=[[Vote Smart]]|access-date=October 25, 2015|display-authors=etal}}</ref>

=== Drug policy ===
Sánchez supports [[drug reform]] and allowing people with drug-related convictions to receive [[Student loans in the United States|student loans]] if they are deemed to be rehabilitated.<ref name=issues/> She also seeks to expunge records of first-time [[Drug possession|drug offenders]] after probation.<ref name=issues/>

=== Energy & oil ===
Sánchez opposes new exploration for oil drilling and would remove tax benefits for oil and gas exploration. She has also opposed permits and construction for new oil refineries.<ref name=issues/> She supports [[tax credit]]s and incentives for investments in renewable energy.<ref name="issues" />

=== Environment ===
Sánchez opposes legislation that would bar the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]] from [[Air quality law|regulating emissions]]. She supports higher [[United States emission standards|emission standards]] and [[Emissions trading|tradable allowances]].<ref name="issues" /> She supports the [[cash-for-clunkers]] program and seeks to increase [[Public transportation in the United States|public transportation]] and trains through federally funded projects.<ref name=issues/>

Sánchez supports the addition of several species to the [[IUCN Red List]] and promotes more extensive nature conservation.<ref name=issues/>

=== Government reform ===
Sánchez supports lobbyist disclosures for campaign finances as well as requiring [[Dark money|full disclosure of campaign finances]]. She seeks to guarantee free and fair elections.<ref name=issues/>

After [[Hurricane Katrina]] in August 2005, President [[George W. Bush]] suspended the [[Davis-Bacon Act]], a 1931 law that requires government contractors to pay prevailing wages. Sánchez was a very vocal critic of the suspension, and led the fight to reverse it.<ref>[http://www.lindasanchez.house.gov/index.cfm?section=news&article=2005_10_7_4500 Congresswoman Linda T. Sanchez - News<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051128030356/http://www.lindasanchez.house.gov/index.cfm?section=news&article=2005_10_7_4500 |date=2005-11-28 }}</ref> Bush reversed the suspension on October 26, 2005.<ref>[http://www.lindasanchez.house.gov/index.cfm?section=news&article=2005_10_27_4535 lindasanchez.house.gov] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051128025920/http://www.lindasanchez.house.gov/index.cfm?section=news&article=2005_10_27_4535 |date=2005-11-28 }}</ref>

=== Gun control ===
Sánchez supports [[gun control]] and believes in background checks, no fly-no buy, and gun violence research.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AWNB&req_dat=0BB295CEAF424306BCADA379D413C8A3&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F1674E84D728DA680/zone%3A|title=Rep. Sanchez Calls for Action on Gun Safety Legislation in Wake of Las Vegas Shooting|date=October 3, 2017|work=Targeted News Service (USA)|access-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref> She seeks to close the [[gun show loophole]] for firearm sales. She believes [[gun manufacturers]] and sellers are accountable and ought to be [[Liability (law)|liable]] for misuse cases by users.<ref name=issues/>

=== Health care ===
Sánchez opposes the privatization of [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] in any form, and opposes spending cuts to Medicare. She supports expanding healthcare coverage by a number of programs through federal funding.<ref name=issues/> She has said that she believes health care is a basic right.<ref name=issues/> She declined to vote for Representative [[John Conyers]]'s [[universal health care]] bill HR 676,{{vague|"Nay", "Present", or was she absent? "Declined to vote in favor" could mean any of those.|date=July 2018}} citing the need to support the [[Affordable Care Act]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZrpUrdzj1M |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/NZrpUrdzj1M| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Linda Sanchez at April 11, 2017 Town Hall re: HR 676/Universal Healthcare for All|last=Melanie Oringer|date=April 12, 2017|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=July 2018}}

===Immigration===
After the Arizona state legislature passed [[Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act|State Senate Bill 1070]] and Arizona Governor [[Jan Brewer]] signed it into law, Sánchez claimed that the law, and similar laws throughout the country, were the product of [[white supremacist]]s: "There's a concerted effort behind promoting these kinds of laws on a state-by-state basis by people who have ties to white supremacy groups. It's been documented. It's not mainstream politics."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/03/congresswoman-says-white-supremacist-groups-inspired-arizonas-immigration-law/?test=latestnews|title=Congresswoman: White Supremacist Groups Behind Arizona Immigration Law|date=June 3, 2010|work=Fox News}}</ref> Representative [[Gary Miller (politician)|Gary Miller]] called Sánchez's comments "an outrageous accusation."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_15214185|title=Linda Sanchez says white supremacist groups behind Arizona immigration law - Pasadena Star-News|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229083605/http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_15214185|archive-date=February 29, 2012|access-date=June 5, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[Steve Poizner]] also condemned them.<ref name="CON">{{cite web|url=http://abc7.com/archive/7477871/|title=Sanchez under fire for immigration law comment|last=North|first=John|website=ABC7 Los Angeles}}</ref>

===Technology===
Twice in 2009, Sánchez introduced the "Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act," H.R. 1966, a bill that would criminalize the use of electronic communications if "the intent is to coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person." The bill is a response to the [[suicide of Megan Meier]], a 13-year-old girl whose 2006 suicide was attributed to [[cyberbullying]] on the [[social networking]] site [[MySpace]]. The bill has drawn criticism from members of the online community, legal scholars, and others who contend that it would infringe on the constitutional right to [[freedom of speech]].<ref>John Cox, [http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/050809-bullying-bill.html?hpg1=bn "Bill would turn Internet flamers into felons"], {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615012523/http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/050809-bullying-bill.html?hpg1=bn |date=2011-06-15 }} ''[[Network World]]'', May 8, 2009, retrieved May 9, 2009.</ref><ref>Eugene Volokh, [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/eugene-volokh/rep-linda-sanchez-defends_b_199556.html "Rep Linda Sanchez defends outlawing of using blogs, the Web, etc to cause distress"], ''[[Huffington Post]]'', May 7, 2009, retrieved October 6, 2009.</ref>

=== Tax reform ===
Sánchez supports a [[progressive tax]] system and voted against maintaining reduced tax rates for capital gains and dividends.<ref name=issues>{{cite web| title =Linda Sanchez (Democrat, district 38)| work =On the Issues|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/CA/Linda_Sanchez.htm}}</ref> She was rated a "Big Spender" by NTU, indicating she generally supports higher tax rates.<ref name=issues/>

===War===
In 2014, Sánchez opposed combat operations in during the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]].<ref name="votesmart.org"/>

==Personal life==
[[File:Sanchez Sisters.jpg|right|thumb|190px|Linda and her sister [[Loretta Sanchez]] are the first pair of sisters to serve simultaneously in the [[United States Congress]].]]
Sánchez married Jim Sullivan on April 13, 2009, in the district office of Congressman [[John B. Larson]], who introduced the two about two years before the wedding.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12247292|publisher=Silicon Valley Mercury News|date=April 28, 2009|title=Rep. Linda Sanchez marries, with baby on the way|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> The marriage is Sánchez's second, and Sullivan has three sons from a previous marriage.<ref>{{cite news|title=California Rep. Linda Sanchez's baby announcement|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/la-oe-morrison20-2008nov20,1,3333296.column|first=Patt|last=Morrison|date=November 20, 2008|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> On May 13, 2009, she became the eighth [[Women in the United States House of Representatives#Women who gave birth while serving in the House|woman to give birth while serving in Congress]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/05/14/Congresswoman-Sanchez-has-baby-boy/UPI-24591242333103/|title=Congresswoman Sanchez has baby boy|date=May 14, 2009|publisher=[[UPI]]}}</ref>

Sánchez's father, Ignacio, died in 2018 after years of battling [[Alzheimer's disease]]. Sánchez has cited this experience as her motivation for finding a cure for the disease.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clas.berkeley.edu/Events/fall2008/11-12-08-sanchez/index.html |title=Linda and Loretta Sánchez:"A Conversation with the Sánchez Sisters" |date=November 12, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615060239/http://clas.berkeley.edu/Events/fall2008/11-12-08-sanchez/index.html |archive-date=June 15, 2010 }}</ref>

Sánchez is the younger sister of former Congresswoman [[Loretta Sanchez]]. They are the first and to date only sister pair to serve in Congress.{{citation needed | date=December 2022}}

Sánchez delivered the [[Spanish language|Spanish]] version of the Democratic Radio Address on May 6, 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cisionjobs.co.uk/|title=Journalist & Public Relations jobs, search the latest vacancies &#124; Cision Jobs|website=www.cisionjobs.co.uk}}</ref>

==Works==
* Linda Sánchez, Loretta Sánchez and Richard Buskin, ''Dream in Color: How the Sánchez Sisters Are Making History in Congress'', Grand Central Publishing (September 2, 2008) {{ISBN|978-0-446-50804-9}}, foreword by [[Nancy Pelosi]]

In 2008, Loretta and Linda Sánchez published the joint memoir ''Dream in Color: How the Sánchez Sisters Are Making History in Congress''.<ref name="DreamInColor">{{cite book|title=Dream in Color: How the Sánchez Sisters Are Making History in Congress (9780446508049): Linda Sánchez, Loretta Sánchez, Richard Buskin, Nancy Pelosi: Books |date= September 2, 2008|isbn = 978-0446508049|last1 = Sanchez|first1 = Linda|last2 = Sanchez|first2 = Loretta|last3 = Buskin|first3 = Richard|publisher= Grand Central}}</ref> ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' reviewed the book and wrote: "Linda and Loretta Sánchez present their compelling story—noteworthy not only for their history-making achievements (including first sisters or women of any relation to serve together in Congress, first woman and person of color to represent a district in Orange County, first Latina on the House Judiciary Committee and first Head Start child to be elected to Congress) but also for its 'American Dream' aspect—their parents immigrated from Mexico and despite lacking a formal education managed to send their seven children to college. Interweaving childhood vignettes with accounts of serving in Congress, both from California, this refreshing book evades many of the tropes of the typical political memoir—perhaps because these two women are not typical politicians."<ref>{{cite web |title=Nonfiction Reviews |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6567674.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013082230/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6567674.html |archive-date=October 13, 2008 |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |date=June 9, 2008 |access-date=October 22, 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States Congress]]
* [[Women in the United States House of Representatives]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://lindasanchez.house.gov/ Congresswoman Linda Sanchez] official U.S. House website
* [https://voteforlinda.com/ Linda Sanchez for Congress] campaign website
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