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U.S. House · CA-41 · Democratic candidate · 2026

Linda Sánchez

Democratic candidate for California's 41st Congressional District

A former labor lawyer and Southern California congresswoman focused on retirement benefits, affordable medicines, immigrant families and trade policy that supports workers.

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DistrictCA-41
OfficeCongress
ElectionNov. 3, 2026

Policy priorities

Where Linda stands.

Introduced legislation

Increase benefits and strengthen Social Security

  • Her introduced Strengthening Social Security Act would increase benefits, improve inflation adjustments and phase out the taxable-income cap to strengthen financing

Officeholder position

Negotiate lower Medicare prescription prices

  • She supports using Medicare's purchasing power to negotiate medicine prices so patients can afford prescribed treatment rather than skip doses

Introduced legislation

Create citizenship paths and keep immigrant families together

  • Her U.S. Citizenship Act proposal combines earned citizenship, family reunification and protections for workers with modern technology and infrastructure at the border

Officeholder advocacy

Prevent ICE from accessing confidential tax addresses

  • She joined a July 2026 court brief urging judges to maintain an order blocking ICE's access to taxpayer addresses obtained from the IRS

Officeholder position

Restrict offensive weapons transfers to Israel

  • She cosponsored the Block the Bombs Act and opposes supplying offensive weapons to Netanyahu's government without meaningful safeguards and accountability

Officeholder position

Oppose unilateral tariffs on Canadian goods

  • She opposes the announced 50 percent tariffs on Canadian goods and urges resolving trade disagreements through the USMCA review to protect American jobs

Record and background

Record & experience.

  1. 2010

    Accomplishment

    Helped end sex-based health-insurance premium pricing

    Proposed the Gender Equity in Health Premiums Act, whose provisions were incorporated into the enacted Affordable Care Act.

  2. Elected in 2000

    Experience

    Orange County labor leader

    Led the Orange County Central Labor Council.

  • Experience

    Employment and civil-rights attorney

    Practiced employment and civil-rights law and worked on public-works wage compliance.

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