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Linda Sanchez

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 28, 1969 in Orange, CA

Education:

  • University of California, B.A., 1991
  • UCLA, J.D., 1995

Career:

  • Lawyer, 1995-1998
  • Treasurer of Orange County AFL-CIO, 2000-2002


Election Results for Linda Sanchez


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2002 33 CA D U.S. House District 39 Primary 1 10,804 33.5%
2002 33 CA D U.S. House District 39 General 1 52,256 54.8%
2004 35 CA D U.S. House District 39 Primary 1 30,424 100.0%
2004 35 CA D U.S. House District 39 General 1 100,132 60.7%
2006 37 CA D U.S. House District 39 Primary 1 23,893 77.8%
2006 37 CA D U.S. House District 39 General 1 72,149 65.9%
2008 39 CA D U.S. House District 39 Primary 1 18,949 100.0%
2008 39 CA D U.S. House District 39 General 1 125,289 69.7%
2010 41 CA D U.S. House District 39 Primary 1 23,125 100.0%
2010 41 CA D U.S. House District 39 General 1 81,590 63.3%
2012 43 CA D U.S. House District 38 Open Primary 1 33,223 56.0%
2012 43 CA D U.S. House District 38 General 1 145,280 67.5%
2014 45 CA D U.S. House District 38 Open Primary 1 27,149 57.5%
2014 45 CA D U.S. House District 38 General 1 58,192 59.1%
2016 47 CA D U.S. House District 38 Open Primary 1 86,396 70.0%
2016 47 CA D U.S. House District 38 General 1 163,590 70.5%
2018 49 CA D U.S. House District 38 Open Primary 1 54,691 62.7%
2018 49 CA D U.S. House District 38 General 1 139,188 68.9%
2020 51 CA D U.S. House District 38 Open Primary 1 90,872 77.7%
2020 51 CA D U.S. House District 38 General 1 190,467 74.3%
2022 53 CA D U.S. House District 38 Open Primary 1 58,586 58.7%
2022 53 CA D U.S. House District 38 General 1 101,260 58.1%
2024 55 CA D U.S. House District 38 Open Primary 1 63,235 56.5%
2024 55 CA D U.S. House District 38 General 1 165,110 59.8%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Linda Sanchez


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
2003 34 House 97 0 R 15 84 96 100 8
2004 35 House 98 1 R 18 82 98 100 0
2005 36 House 98 1 R 13 87 98 100 0
2006 37 House 97 2 R 16 84 97 100 4
2007 38 House 99 0 R 2 97 99 100 0
2008 39 House 98 1 R 12 88 98 100 8
2009 40 House 81 0 D 83 4 80 100 5
2010 41 House 93 0 D 80 15 91 100 0
2011 42 House 93 2 D 83 16 95 100 4
2012 43 House 88 2 D 88 7 90 100 0
2013 44 House 98 2 D 89 10 99 100 8
2014 45 House 92 2 D 83 8 95 94 8
2015 46 House 98 1 D 94 6 99 100 8
2016 47 House 97 1 D 96 2 96 100 4
2017 48 House 99 0 R 14 86 98 95 4
2018 49 House 96 0 R 22 74 97 82 4
2019 50 House 97 0 R 4 92 97 95 0
2020 51 House 97 0 R 6 92 97 95 0
2021 52 House 98 0 D 100 0 99 100 5
2022 53 House 100 0 D 100 0 99 0
2023 54 House 94 5 D 98 0
2024 55 House 89 9 D 98 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.