
What the money shows
Linda T. Sánchez has an estimated net worth of $1.6M. The 2026 campaign raised $1.6M. Outside groups had $300,000 spent for Linda T. Sánchez. Linda T. Sánchez sits on Trade and House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC
Bills weighed against funded sectors
Each pan counts bills. Excluded bills are shown beside the scale when the vote or bill direction is unclear.
Ideological / Leadership
$310K in corporate money from ideological / leadership · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Banking & Financial
$107K in corporate money from banking · 9 roll calls · 7 bills
Other
$84K in corporate money from other · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Insurance
$80K in corporate money from insurance · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Health & Pharma
$30K in corporate money from health · 6 roll calls · 6 bills
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Agriculture
$20K in corporate money from agriculture · 1 roll calls · 1 bills
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Law & Lobbying
$18K in corporate money from law · 9 roll calls · 8 bills
Foreign-policy advocacy
$10K in corporate money from foreign-policy advocacy · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Labor / Unions
$10K in union money · 1 roll calls · 1 bills
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Real Estate & Construction
$10K in corporate money from real estate · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Transportation
$10K in corporate money from transportation · 2 roll calls · 2 bills
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Net worth over time
Estimated from financial disclosures. The band shows the disclosed range; the line is the midpoint estimate.
Term history
- RepresentativeCA-38D2025 – 2027 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeCA-38D2023 – 2025 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeCA-38D2021 – 2023 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeCA-38D2019 – 2021 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeCA-38D2017 – 2019 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeCA-38D2015 – 2017 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeCA-38D2013 – 2015 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeCA-39D2011 – 2013 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeCA-39D2009 – 2011 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeCA-39D2007 – 2009 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeCA-39D2005 – 2007 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeCA-39D2003 – 2005 · 2 yrs
If they'd just invested 20%
A disciplined-saver benchmark: 20% of each year's government salary, invested at an assumed 10%/yr return — versus actual disclosed net worth.
Hypothetical, not actual savings — see methodology.
Representative Linda T. Sánchez, CA
Born January 28, 1969.
Loretta Lorna Sanchez is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1997 to 2017, representing parts of central Orange County, California. A member of the Democratic Party, she was first elected in 1996, when she defeated long-serving Republican U.S. Representative Bob Dornan by fewer than 1,000 votes. During her time in the House of Representatives, Sanchez was a member of the Blue Dog Coalition of moderate-to-conservative Democrats.
California · District 41
General election 2026-11-03. Money figures are FEC filings for the 2026 cycle.
Linda T. Sánchez has raised more than 3 times the next candidate.
Democrat Linda T. Sánchez has raised about $1.6M, more than 3 times any rival.
Hector De La Torre reports 98% of campaign money from individuals.
$300K in itemized outside money is on file, led by BOLD AMERICA.
The tale of the tape
Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.
Linda T. Sánchez D · incumbent | vs | Hector De La Torre D · challenger |
|---|---|---|
| $1.6M | Raised | $620K |
| $416K | Cash on hand | $46K |
| 78% | From PACs | 2% |
| 22% | From individuals | 98% |
| Ideological / Leadership | Top donor sector | Too few to rank |
| Yes | Incumbent | No |
Federal contractors who funded this member
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Recorded votes
166 votes · 48 Yea · 116 Nay. "Sector money" is this member's corporate and union money from the sector each bill touches. Receipts, not a claim about the vote. Money-linked votes first.
Who else California sends to Congress
2 senators and 51 of 52 House seats filled. Counting this seat.
- Alex PadillaSenatorD

- Adam B. SchiffSenatorD

- James GallagherDistrict 1R

- Jared HuffmanDistrict 2D

- Kevin KileyDistrict 3I

- Mike ThompsonDistrict 4D

- Tom McClintockDistrict 5R

- Ami BeraDistrict 6D

- Doris O. MatsuiDistrict 7D

- John GaramendiDistrict 8D

- Josh HarderDistrict 9D

- Mark DeSaulnierDistrict 10D

- Nancy PelosiDistrict 11D

- Lateefah SimonDistrict 12D

- Adam GrayDistrict 13D

- OPENDistrict 14This seat is empty right now.
- Kevin MullinDistrict 15D

- Sam T. LiccardoDistrict 16D

- Ro KhannaDistrict 17D

- Zoe LofgrenDistrict 18D

- Jimmy PanettaDistrict 19D

- Vince FongDistrict 20R

- Jim CostaDistrict 21D

- David G. ValadaoDistrict 22R

- Jay ObernolteDistrict 23R

- Salud O. CarbajalDistrict 24D

- Raul RuizDistrict 25D

- Julia BrownleyDistrict 26D

- George WhitesidesDistrict 27D

- Judy ChuDistrict 28D

- Luz M. RivasDistrict 29D

- Laura FriedmanDistrict 30D

- Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.District 31D

- Brad ShermanDistrict 32D

- Pete AguilarDistrict 33D

- Jimmy GomezDistrict 34D

- Norma J. TorresDistrict 35D

- Ted LieuDistrict 36D

- Sydney Kamlager-DoveDistrict 37D

- Mark TakanoDistrict 39D

- Young KimDistrict 40R

- Ken CalvertDistrict 41R

- Robert GarciaDistrict 42D

- Maxine WatersDistrict 43D

- Nanette Diaz BarragánDistrict 44D

- Derek TranDistrict 45D

- J. Luis CorreaDistrict 46D

- Dave MinDistrict 47D

- Darrell IssaDistrict 48R

- Mike LevinDistrict 49D

- Scott H. PetersDistrict 50D

- Sara JacobsDistrict 51D

- Juan VargasDistrict 52D

Seat counts come from the 2020 census apportionment. A seat shows as open when no current member holds it. Source
Linda T. Sánchez · sources
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| Source | What it gave this page | Last fetched |
|---|---|---|
| @unitedstates congress-legislators github.com | Roster, terms, identifiers, official site link | 2026-07-30 |
| Wikidata www.wikidata.org | Education, career before office, family ties | 2026-07-30 |
| Wikipedia www.wikipedia.org | Quoted descriptors for family rows | 2026-07-30 |
| The member's official site | Where to reach them. We link out rather than republishing office addresses and phone numbers. | - |