Loretta Sanchez served 20 years in the US House, one of the first Democrats to breakthrough in historically GOP Orange County, CA. She also made history, with her sister Linda Sanchez, as the only two women related by family to serve in Congress. In this conversation, she talks growing up as the daughter of Mexican immigrants in LA, her 1996 upset over GOP fixture Bob Dornan and the election contest that ensued, her 2016 election for Senate ultimately won by Kamala Harris, and memories & insights from two decades in the House.
IN THIS EPISODE
Congresswoman Sanchez talks growing up in the LA-area as the daughter of Mexican immigrants…
The candidate who her father walked door-to-door for, even before he could vote himself…
Her path to running for office in the mid 1990s…
Congresswoman Sanchez talks through the history and politics of Orange County, CA…
The great story behind her 1996 upset of GOP icon Bob Dornan, a race dubbed “the upset of the decade” by Time Magazine…
The year-long election contest that followed her 1996 victory…
Congresswoman Sanchez’s memories of lunch with Joe Biden in 1997…
She explains what makes Nancy Pelosi an effective party leader…
Who Congresswoman Sanchez is keeping an eye on as the next generation of Democratic leaders in the House…
The story behind the history-making election of sisters Loretta and Linda Sanchez as part of the same Congress…
She recounts her decision to run for US Senate in 2016…
Congresswoman Sanchez’s advice to Democrats who want to better communicate with Latino voters…
The advice that Congresswoman Sanchez would offer AOC…
Congresswoman Sanchez talks her current priorities and interests…
AND…Pete Aguilar, Karen Bass, Barbara Boxer, Willie Brown, cause celebres, Chapman University, Gil Cisneros, Katherine Clark, Bill Clinton, Barbara Cubin, Blue Dogs, John Conyers, Lou Correa, Tom Daly, Willian Dannemeyer, David & Goliath, Val Demings, John Dingell, Veronica Escobar, Anna Eshoo, Sam Farr, Barney Frank, Georgetown, Dick Gephardt, Newt Gingrich, Al Gore, Lindsay Graham, green cards, Kamala Harris, Head Start, David Hobson, Hubert Humphrey, Italian Grandmas, Hakeem Jeffries, the Joint Economic Committee, Patrick Kennedy, Barbara Kennelly, Jerry McNerney, John McCain, George Miller, John Murtha, Richard Nixon, Barack Obama, Old Bulls, Colin Peterson, Katie Porter, Ed Rendell, Kathleen Rice, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Harley Rouda, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Rotary Clubs, Ronald Reagan, Tony Rodham, George Stephanopoulos, Univision, the Western White House, Pete Wilson, & more!