Kate Sanchez

Kate Sanchez
Kate Sanchez
Member of the California State Assembly; from the 71st district
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; December 5, 2022
Preceded by	Randy Voepel
Personal details
Born	1988/1989 (age 33–34)
Political party	Republican

Kate Sanchez (born 1988/1989[1]) is an American politician and businesswoman who has served in the California State Assembly from the 71st district since 2023, succeeding Randy G. Voepel.

Biography

Prior to taking office, Sanchez served as the vice president of American Ground Transportation.[2]

The result of the election in the 71st district was unclear for several weeks; as late as December 2, three days before the legislature was sworn in, neither Sanchez nor her opponent, Temecula Mayor Matt Rahn, had secured victory.[3]

State Assembly

Sanchez introduced two bills shortly after taking office – the first, focused on crime and public safety, would prevent human trafficking cases from being handled by multiple prosecutors. The second focused on education.[2] She was barred from joining the California Latino Legislative Caucus, which is only made up of Democrats. Sanchez says she is a Hispanic working mother.[4]

Electoral history

2022 California's 71st State Assembly district election[5][6]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Rahn	41,943	51.7
	Republican	Kate Sanchez	39,143	48.2
	Democratic	Albia Cooper Miller (write-in)	58	0.1
Total votes			81,144	100.0
General election
	Republican	Kate Sanchez	75,603	51.3
	Republican	Matt Rahn	71,730	48.7
Total votes			147,333	100.0
	Republican win (new seat)

References

Schallhorn, Kaitlyn (October 5, 2022). "Kate Sanchez, AD-71 candidate, election 2022 questionnaire". The Orange County Register. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
Kang, Hanna (December 24, 2022). "New Orange County Assembly members lay out legislative priorities". The Orange County Register. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
Korte, Lara; White, Jeremy B.; Cannestra, Sakura; Tucker-Smith, Owen (December 2, 2022). "A new class of legislators emerges". Politico. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
Kang, Hanna (December 28, 2022). "New Assemblymember Kate Sanchez can't join Latino caucus". The Orange County Register. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
"Primary Election - Statement of the Vote, June 7, 2022" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
"General Election - Statement of the Vote, November 8, 2022 - State Assembly" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved December 17, 2022.

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[1] Schallhorn, Kaitlyn (October 5, 2022). "Kate Sanchez, AD-71 candidate, election 2022 questionnaire". The Orange County Register. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[:0-2] Kang, Hanna (December 24, 2022). "New Orange County Assembly members lay out legislative priorities". The Orange County Register. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[3] Korte, Lara; White, Jeremy B.; Cannestra, Sakura; Tucker-Smith, Owen (December 2, 2022). "A new class of legislators emerges". Politico. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[4] Kang, Hanna (December 28, 2022). "New Assemblymember Kate Sanchez can't join Latino caucus". The Orange County Register. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[CAprimsos-5] "Primary Election - Statement of the Vote, June 7, 2022" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved July 16, 2022.

[genr-6] "General Election - Statement of the Vote, November 8, 2022 - State Assembly" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved December 17, 2022.