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Loretta Sanchez

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 7, 1960 in Lynwood, CA

Education:

  • Chapman University, B.A., 1982
  • American University, M.B.A., 1984

Career:

  • Financial analyst, 1984-1996


Election Results for Loretta Sanchez


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 36 CA D U.S. House District 46 Primary 1 7,142 34.7%
1996 36 CA D U.S. House District 46 General 1 47,964 46.8%
1998 38 CA D U.S. House District 46 Primary 1 25,543 100.0%
1998 38 CA D U.S. House District 46 General 1 47,964 56.4%
2000 40 CA D U.S. House District 46 Primary 1 40,031 100.0%
2000 40 CA D U.S. House District 46 General 1 70,381 60.2%
2002 42 CA D U.S. House District 47 Primary 1 18,836 100.0%
2002 42 CA D U.S. House District 47 General 1 42,501 60.6%
2004 44 CA D U.S. House District 47 Primary 1 23,270 100.0%
2004 44 CA D U.S. House District 47 General 1 65,684 60.4%
2006 46 CA D U.S. House District 47 Primary 1 19,179 100.0%
2006 46 CA D U.S. House District 47 General 1 47,134 62.3%
2008 48 CA D U.S. House District 47 Primary 1 16,430 100.0%
2008 48 CA D U.S. House District 47 General 1 85,878 69.5%
2010 50 CA D U.S. House District 47 Primary 1 17,409 100.0%
2010 50 CA D U.S. House District 47 General 1 50,832 53.0%
2012 52 CA D U.S. House District 46 Open Primary 1 25,706 52.1%
2012 52 CA D U.S. House District 46 General 1 95,694 63.9%
2014 54 CA D U.S. House District 46 Open Primary 1 20,172 50.6%
2014 54 CA D U.S. House District 46 General 1 49,738 59.7%
2016 56 CA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Open Primary 2 1,416,203 18.9%
2016 56 CA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 4,701,417 38.4%


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



Ideology Data for Loretta 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
1997 37 House 49 47 78 15 D 68 31 95 68 28
1998 38 House 43 52 86 9 D 71 20 95 100 8
1999 39 House 90 9 D 70 26 98 95 4
2000 40 House 89 5 D 66 26 93 68 17
2001 41 House 88 11 R 23 74 94 90 12
2002 42 House 92 4 R 18 75 94 100 4
2003 43 House 92 3 R 20 73 96 88 8
2004 44 House 93 6 R 30 64 99 100 12
2005 45 House 90 7 R 24 74 95 89 16
2006 46 House 92 5 R 24 71 94 100 12
2007 47 House 94 1 R 5 92 95 100 0
2008 48 House 93 3 R 10 84 94 89 8
2009 49 House 89 3 D 87 6 92 95 0
2010 50 House 94 1 D 85 15 94 100 0
2011 51 House 87 6 D 72 21 91 89 4
2012 52 House 88 3 D 78 12 89 95 0
2013 53 House 88 6 D 78 16 92 83 13
2014 54 House 91 6 D 74 23 95 79 21
2015 55 House 79 3 D 72 13 79 89 4
2016 56 House 64 4 D 62 4 61 93 5
Lifetime conservative rating:   9%


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.