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  Loretta Sanchez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sanchez was born in Lynwood, California and graduated from Katella High School in Anaheim in 1978.
In November 2002, Loretta's younger sister, Linda, was elected for the new 39th District.
During the California’s Gubernatorial recall campaign, Sanchez was one of the first Democrats to break from Governor Gray Davis and state that a Democrat should run to succeed Davis in case the recall measure passed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Loretta_Sanchez   (481 words)

  
 Linda Sanchez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
She was born in Orange, California, earned her BA in Spanish in 1991 at the University of California, Berkeley and in 1995 her Juris Doctor degree at the University of California, Los Angeles, and was an attorney specializing in labor law prior to her public service career.
She is the younger sister of 47th District Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, who is nine years her senior, making them the only sister pair to ever serve in Congress.
Sanchez started her political career after a new 39th Congressional District was created following the 2000 Census (the old 39th district had very different boundaries).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Linda_Sanchez   (523 words)

  
 Loretta Sanchez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The young, professional woman Democrat— who also dropped her married name of Brixey in favor of her maiden name Sanchez— won by only 984 votes on the strength of support from from Hispanics and blue-collar workers.
Sanchez won a re-match against Dornan in 1998 and was returned again in 2000.
In November 2002, Sanchez was elected for the new 47th District.
brea.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Loretta_Sanchez   (384 words)

  
 PUERTO RICO HERALD: Californians May Become 1st Sister Act In Congress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sanchez and her sister Loretta, 42, a congresswoman from Orange County who has been a heroine and a headache for the Democratic Party, are likely to become the first sister act in Congress.
For Loretta Sanchez, who was chastised at the 2000 Democratic convention for planning a fund-raiser at the Playboy mansion, redistricting meant tacking on immigrant neighborhoods and lopping off conservative territory.
For Linda Sanchez, a labor leader and civil rights lawyer who has never held office, it meant competing in a new district so thoroughly Latino that all three of the front-runners in the Democratic primary and the winner of the Republican nomination were Hispanic.
www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2002/vol6n12/SisterAct-en.shtml   (759 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Sisters Sanchez together on Capitol Hill?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Linda Sanchez is a virtual certainty in November to win her seat, which was drawn in southeast Los Angeles County to elect a Democrat.
Loretta Sanchez played a visible role in a close race that pitted Linda, 32, against five opponents, including a former Clinton administration official and a three-term state legislator.
Loretta Sanchez noted that even though they are related, she and her sister have different professional backgrounds — she's a businesswoman, her sister is a lawyer.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2002/03/07/sanchez-sisters.htm   (416 words)

  
 Evelina Alarcon - Loretta Sanchez defeats ultra right-wing Dornan in Cal.
Sanchez was not intimidated by Dornan's tenure or his crass attacks against her.
Ray Cordova, regional director of the Democratic Party in Orange County and a key figure in the Sanchez campaign, told the World that the Sanchez victory was due in the first place to a historic turnout by Mexican American and Latino voters.
Sanchez also mobilized the traditionally conservative Vietnamese community and, to the surprise of many, won their support and votes.
www.pww.org /archives96/96-11-23-1.html   (930 words)

  
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Loretta Sanchez was elected Congresswomen in the 46th district after a hard fought race against longtime Congressman Bill Dornan and because the redistricting has brought the district to a new area, Sanchez faces some new challenges.
Sanchez was forced to cancel her speech and move the fundraiser to a different location.
If Sanchez had refused to change the location of the fundraiser, she may have been removed from her position as the party’s general co-chair- a position that Gore selected her for.
www.igs.berkeley.edu /courses/2002/spring/ps171/reports/cd47report.doc   (1093 words)

  
 Irregular Times Rating and Contact Information for Representative Loretta Sanchez of CA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sanchez has not yet cosponsored H.R., which would provide more information to the public about contacts between lobbyists and politicians, and which would slow down the revolving door of politics in which politicians move into cushy corporate jobs after they retire in exchange for favors.
Sanchez has not yet cosponsored H.R., which would put an end to the practice of "extraordinary rendition," in which Bush Administration officials send people into the custody of certain nations, knowing full well (some would say intending) that they will be tortured there.
Loretta Sanchez has not yet cosponsored H.R., which would keep members of the Federal Communication Commission from using their appointed positions to censor cable, satellite or internet programs they consider to be indecent.
irregularbin.com /house/SanchezCA47.html   (1565 words)

  
 Washingtonpost.com: Live Online -- OnPolitics "Free Media"
Loretta Sanchez: The problem is that schools don't interact with students early enough to give them the sequence of classes they need to graduate and go on to college.
Loretta Sanchez: Certainly we are using monies that fall under the crime agenda to secure schools and make them a safe haven for children...particularly in light of the recent rash of school violence.
Loretta Sanchez: Today's teacher is counselor, caretaker, disciplinarian, role model, educator all in one in the classroom.
discuss.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/zforum/99/freemedia111599.htm   (1630 words)

  
 Bismarck Tribune
She'll be sworn in next January with her sister, Rep. Loretta Sanchez, 42, who easily won re-election to a fourth term from central Orange County.
Pat Villalvazo of La Palma volunteered in Loretta Sanchez's first campaign, and when she heard her sister was running, she made it her business to seek her out.
Loretta Sanchez brought her influence and fund-raising ability to aid her sister in capturing the Democratic nomination in March, virtually ensuring the younger Sanchez a win Tuesday.
www.bismarcktribune.com /election/us/us06.html   (676 words)

  
 American Business Women's Association (ABWA) - Leadership Edge Newsletter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Loretta is currently the ranking Democrat on the subcommittee for the protection of infrastructure and border security.
Loretta likely learned something about the art of handling children and overcoming obstacles from her mother, a Mexican immigrant who has been a teacher and role model to Loretta and her six siblings.
She has no fear of people.” Loretta says that if her mother has an opinion about something, title or rank is of no concern, and she doesn’t care who she needs to approach to be heard.
www.abwahq.org /Lse/010501.asp?no=2   (686 words)

  
 Sanchez Sisters to Make History in the House
This is especially important for women, says Loretta Sanchez, because traditionally they have worked their way up from local office and landed in the House later in their political careers.
Loretta Sanchez earned an MBA from American University and proceeded to a career in financial management and advising, eventually starting her own consulting business.
Linda Sanchez points to her previous accomplishments as an attorney and labor leader as evidence of her qualifications for the job.
www.womensenews.org /article.cfm?aid=1114   (1135 words)

  
 San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council - Organized Labor: Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez Meets with S.F. ...
Congresswoman Sanchez was first elected to Congress from the 47th congressional district in November 1996 when she beat out (B-l) Bob Dornan, a right wing conservative Republican in Orange County.
Loretta Sanchez said that the Bush administration had an overall plan to reduce the strength of the labor movement, and that this agenda had become obvious by much of the legislation being proposed.
Sanchez to expand on her comment that the anti-union forces were becoming stronger in the current administration.
www.sfbctc.org /62005-sanchez.htm   (963 words)

  
 USATODAY.com
Loretta Sanchez successfully defended her U.S. House District seat in 1998 against former nine-term incumbent Robert K. Dornan, who leveled accusations of voter fraud after losing a 47-46 plurality decision in 1996.
Sanchez, who switched to the Democratic Party from the GOP in 1992, said after winning the primary that she was preparing for the worst: "I personally am not looking forward to the nasty personal campaign that Bob Dornan runs."
In 1999, Sanchez supported campaign finance overhaul as well as allowing an exception to siblings, grandparents and religious leaders in the law prohibiting transportation of minors across state lines for abortions in order to circumvent parental consent.
www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/CandidateProfile.aspx?ci=140&oi=H   (218 words)

  
 102802gpolitics
Loretta is already a three-term congresswoman and Linda is favored to join her.
Loretta Sanchez, who is nine years older, played a highly visible role in her sister's primary election but has since reduced her involvement to focus on her own campaign.
The Sanchez sisters are campaigning on the same core issues — education, health and the economy, including jobs for their districts.
www.hispanicvista.com /html2/102802gp.htm   (472 words)

  
 CNN.com
Loretta and Linda Sanchez are going to be the first sisters to serve together in Congress.
LORETTA SANCHEZ: It speaks to the power of women and women coming into politics and coming into their own.
LORETTA SANCHEZ: Californian, a native -- she brings the fresh approach from California that we have.
edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0211/08/lt.04.html   (679 words)

  
 National Women's Political Caucus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Loretta has focused much of her time on issues such as education, public safety and crime reduction, economic development, and protections for our senior citizens.  Born and raised in the district she serves, she is acutely aware of the issues facing her constituency.
As terrorism becomes more and more of a concern for Americans, Congresswoman Sanchez is actively participating in protecting members of the Armed Services stationed around that world and on our own soil, as well as the citizens of this nation.
Congresswoman Sanchez was selected by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to serve as the second-ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Homeland Security.
www.nwpc.org /ht/d/OfficialDetails/i/13657   (564 words)

  
 Loretta Sanchez and the Democratic Playboys   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Congresswoman Sanchez rode the wave of backlash against the ultra-conservative nativist policies that were so popular in 1996 California.
Sanchez defeated him by less than one thousand votes in 1996 and then captured more than half the votes in her district for the 1998 election.
Sanchez is also known for switching from Republican to Democrat in the early nineties.
www.lasculturas.com /content/view/53/5   (1004 words)

  
 California Online Voter Guide 2000 - A Project of the California Voter Foundation
Sanchez believes that as one of the richest states of the Union, we should be able to provide the best for our children.
Loretta is a proud graduate of the program and she credits the program with giving her confidence in herself.
Hence, Sanchez advocates for the export controls on encryption to be reduced and is a sponsor of H.R.850, the SAFE Act, which will accomplish this goal.
www.calvoter.org /voter/elections/archive/2000/promises/sanchez.html   (909 words)

  
 Salon.com Politics | The taming of Loretta Sanchez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., resplendent in a bright blue suit, is making her way across the convention floor.
Pursued by reporters and bashed by Democrats, Sanchez has been in the news as the congresswoman who planned to throw a fundraiser for her political action committee -- at the Playboy Mansion.
Sanchez, hoping to raise $3 million for Hispanic Unity USA, argued that only Hef's home had the "cachet" to attract the kind of bucks she wanted.
archive.salon.com /politics/feature/2000/08/15/sanchez   (891 words)

  
 Tavis Smiley . Archive . Tuesday April 27th | PBS
Loretta Sanchez focuses on the deployment of U.S. troops in Iraq.
California Rep. Loretta Sanchez began her political career in ’96 by narrowly defeating the GOP incumbent in a conservative district.
Before her election, Rep. Sanchez had her own financial consulting business and was a president of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs.
www.pbs.org /kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200404/20040427.html   (304 words)

  
 Full Biography for Loretta Sanchez
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez represents the California 47th Congressional District, which encompasses the Southern California cities of Anaheim, Garden Grove, Santa Ana and Fullerton in Orange County.
Loretta attended Chapman University, in Orange, California, where she was selected in January 2002 to serve as the university's first Latina member of the Board of Trustees.
Loretta is married to Stephen Brixey, a securities trader, and their families have called the 47th Congressional District home for more than half a century.
www.smartvoter.org /2004/03/02/ca/state/vote/sanchez_la/bio.html   (924 words)

  
 About Us | HouseDemocrats.gov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
She was elected to Congress in November 1996, and was re-elected for a fifth term in November 2004 with 60 percent of the vote.
Loretta has focused much of her time on issues such as education, public safety and crime reduction, economic development, and protections for our senior citizens.
Loretta was an associate at Booz, Allen and Hamilton, putting financial plans together for municipalities as well as private companies.
www.housedemocrats.gov /about/representative_detail.cfm?rep_id=193   (941 words)

  
 Nhan Dan --- News
Loretta Sanchez has already had two opportunities to visit Vietnam in 1999 and 2000.
Loretta Sanchez has never shown any constructive objectivity or any real interest in moving the bilateral relations forward both during those two visits and in her subsequent deeds and statements.
I am travelling in the US in December and would be prepared to meet with Representative Loretta Sanchez if she deemed it might help narrow down differences and find common ground.
www.nhandan.com.vn /english/news/041204/loret.htm   (440 words)

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