Former member of Congress · last served 114th Congress
Loretta Sanchez
Loretta Sanchez was a Democratic U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1997, who voted with most Democrats on 95% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 4383 DHS Human Trafficking Prevention Act of 2016Dec 8, 2016 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 668.
- H.R. 5310 Middle Class CHANCE ActSep 19, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- H.Res. 681 Honoring women who have served, and who are currently serving, as members of the Armed Forces and recognizing the recently expanded service opportunities…May 5, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- H.Res. 643 Honoring women who have served, and who are currently serving, as members of the Armed Forces and recognizing the recently expanded service opportunities…Mar 21, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- H.R. 1596 To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Special Forces Command Sergeant Major Ramon Rodriguez of the United States Army for acts of valor…Aug 13, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1366 (107th) To designate the United States Post Office building located at 3101 West Sunflower Avenue in Santa Ana, California, as the "Hector G. Godinez Post Office…Became law
- H.Res. 471 (110th) Congratulating the National Hockey League Champions, the Anaheim Ducks, on their victory in the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 415 (109th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Socialist Republic of Vietnam needs to do more to resolve claims for confiscated real and…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1156 (108th) To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to increase the ceiling on the Federal share of the costs of phase I of the…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 438 (111th) Expressing support for designation of September as "National Child Awareness Month".Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 355 (109th) Celebrating Walt Disney's contributions to our nation.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 891 (111th) Expressing the gratitude of the House of Representatives for the service to our Nation of the Coast Guard and Marine Corps aircraft pilots and crewmembers…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 708 (110th) Honoring the life and accomplishments of Luciano Pavarotti and recognizing the significant and positive impact of his astounding musical talent, his…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Sanchez has won
Rep. Sanchez has won 10 U.S. House elections (1996–2014). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.0 to 44.1 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has California’s 46th district done while Rep. Sanchez served?
2013 to 2016 in CA-46: typical household income was up 13% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 4.9 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 4.0 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in California’s 46th district during Sanchez’s time representing it (2013 to 2017). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. CA-46 was redrawn in 2012 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Sanchez’s term so far (2013 to 2016) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
114th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 8 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 8 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 5 | See the 5 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 114th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.