Linda Sánchez
Linda Sánchez | |
|---|---|
| Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus | |
| In office January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |
| Leader | Nancy Pelosi |
| Preceded by | Joe Crowley |
| Succeeded by | Katherine Clark |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Steve Horn (redistricting) |
| Constituency | 39th district (2003–2013) 38th district (2013–present) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Linda Teresa Sánchez January 28, 1969 Orange, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
James Sullivan (m. 2009) |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Loretta Sánchez (sister) |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) University of California, Los Angeles (JD) |
| Website | House website |
Linda Teresa Sánchez (born January 28, 1969) is an American politician and former labor lawyer serving as the U.S. representative for California's 38th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she was first elected to Congress in 2002 in California's 39th congressional district. Sánchez serves on the Ways and Means Committee; she was the ranking member on the House Ethics Committee until 2017. In the 114th Congress, she chaired the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
In 2016, Sánchez's colleagues elected her vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus for the 115th Congress, the fifth-ranking position in House Democratic leadership, thus becoming the first woman of color elected to a leadership position in the history of the U.S. Congress. She is the younger sister of former U.S. Representative Loretta Sanchez; to date, they are the only pair of sisters to have served in Congress.