Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Linda T. Sánchez

Official portrait of Linda T. Sánchez
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for California’s 38th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Whittier, CA
Born
1969
In Congress
House since 2003 · 23 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
SANCHEZ, LINDA
Map of California with the current district highlighted

California, District 38

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · California District 41IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H2CA39078 · Principal campaign committee: STAND WITH SANCHEZ

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · California District 41$1,898,187.85General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · California District 38$1,548,292.39Won the general election
2021–2022U.S. House · California District 38$1,519,205.78Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2019–2020U.S. House · California District 38$1,263,616.56Lost the general election (77.7%)
Total raised$1,898,187.85
Total spent$1,903,176.09
Cash on hand$420,799.23
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $449,691.90PACs and other committees: $1,428,676.38Party committees: $32.68Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $11,526.51Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $8,260.38
  • Individual contributions$449,691.9024%
  • PACs and other committees$1,428,676.3875%
  • Party committees$32.680%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$11,526.511%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$8,260.380%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$34,510.4610%
  • Contributions over $200$315,483.4090%
  • Itemized from inside California$106,352.5233%
  • Itemized from other states$212,313.4067%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: District of Columbia $75,727.68 · Virginia $31,250.00 · Maryland $26,550.00 · Florida $25,000.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$722K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $180,097.47APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $162,748.18JULY QUARTERLY: raised $198,445.11JULY QUARTERLY: spent $140,402.21OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $254,191.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $122,427.30YEAR-END: raised $175,411.98YEAR-END: spent $202,908.19APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $393,473.53APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $277,277.93PRE-PRIMARY: raised $123,476.81PRE-PRIMARY: spent $186,764.91JULY QUARTERLY: raised $277,693.65JULY QUARTERLY: spent $520,302.63OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $282,413.80OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $235,671.452025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea280
Voted nay381
Voted present2
Did not vote11 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored21
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored344

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10235 Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement Act
    Introduced Sep 2, 2026 · Latest action Sep 2, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.Res. 1427 Expressing support for the designation of July 10th as Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day.
    Introduced Jul 13, 2026 · Latest action Jul 13, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 9296 Strengthening Social Security Act of 2026
    Introduced Jun 11, 2026 · Latest action Jun 11, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the S…
  • H.R. 8996 Rental Housing Investment Act
    Introduced May 21, 2026 · Latest action May 21, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 8632 PFAS Cleanup Act
    Introduced Apr 30, 2026 · Latest action Apr 30, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 8023 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for increasing wages paid to child care providers.
    Introduced Mar 19, 2026 · Latest action Mar 19, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 7966 Hospice CARE Act of 2026
    Introduced Mar 17, 2026 · Latest action Mar 17, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak…
  • H.R. 7805 Trade Adjustment Assistance Modernization Act
    Introduced Mar 4, 2026 · Latest action Mar 4, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 7557 Respect NATO Allies Act
    Introduced Feb 12, 2026 · Latest action Feb 12, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by t…
  • H.J.Res. 148 Expressing support for designation of the week of February 2, 2026, through February 6, 2026, as "National School Counseling Week".
    Introduced Feb 2, 2026 · Latest action Feb 2, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

338 committees reported giving $1,265,099.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

Show all 338 committees

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Linda Sanchez$351,488.19
  • Independent expenditures opposing Linda Sanchez$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

California U.S. House, District 41, 2026 · 12 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Linda Sanchez (D)$1,898,187.85$420,799.232026-10-14
Hector De la Torre (D)$624,480.21$4,940.532026-09-30
Katherine Aleman (D)$204,218.36$0.002026-01-31
Tim Myers (D)$178,088.96$0.002025-07-15
Shonique Williams (D)$66,596.86$1,621.952026-09-30
Mitchell Clemmons (R)$6,154.00$3,073.482026-10-14
Mitchell Lee Clemmons (R)$6,154.00$3,073.482026-10-14
Jason Byors (D)$5,695.24$0.002025-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

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Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California (districts 27–52) (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: STAND WITH SANCHEZ.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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