Loretta Sanchez

Loretta Lorna Sanchez is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1997 to 2017. She was first elected in 1996, when she defeated long-serving Republican congressman Bob Dornan by fewer than 1,000 votes. Her Mexican-immigrant parents had seven children, one of whom—Linda Sánchez—also served in Congress, making them the first, the only) sisters to...