Kate Sanchez

Kate Sanchez (born November 8, 1988) is an American politician and businesswoman who has served in the California State Assembly from the 71st district since 2023, succeeding Randy G. Voepel.

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	(1988-11-08) November 8, 1988 (age 36)
Political party	Republican

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

In her second term, Sanchez introduced a bill prohibiting transgender women from participating in California Interscholastic Federation team sports.^[3]

Electoral history

2022 California State Assembly 71st district election^[4][5]

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 hold

2024 California State Assembly 71st district election^[6][7]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kate Sanchez (incumbent)	71,079	63.1
	Democratic	Gary Kephart	38,610	34.3
	Peace and Freedom	Babar Khan	2,912	2.6
Total votes			112,601	100.0
General election
	Republican	Kate Sanchez (incumbent)	147,932	61.5
	Democratic	Gary Kephart	92,424	38.5
Total votes			240,356	100.0
	Republican hold