Loretta Sanchez

Loretta Sanchez, left, celebrates a likely win over Republican Rep. Robert Dornan with friend Consuelo Smith on Nov 12, 1996.

Rep. Loretta Sanchez, left, listens to testimony along with former Rep. Robert Dornan and his wife, Sallie, at a congressional elections hearing in Santa Ana on April 19, 1997.

Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., second from right, and other House members walk up the steps of the Capitol in 1997 after a news conference calling for an end to the investigation in Sanchez’s contested election.

Rep. Loretta Sanchez gestures on the steps of a congressional office building in Washington during orientation week for new members of Congress.

In 2002, Rep. Loretta Sanchez, left, walks with sister Linda Sanchez, who was running for Congress.

Rep. Loretta Sanchez, right, smiles while her sister Linda Sanchez, gets a victory call in her congressional race in 2002.

Rep. Loretta Sanchez speaks with volunteers in 2010 at her Anaheim campaign office.

Rep. Loretta Sanchez attends the Veterans Day Parade in Fresno in 2015.

Rep. Loretta Sanchez kisses her husband, Jack Einwechter, at the California Democrats State Convention in May 2015.

Rep. Loretta Sanchez gestures while speaking before the California Democrats State Convention in February.

On a campaign swing in November in Imperial Beach, Rep. Loretta Sanchez listens to Paloma Aguirre, U.S.-Mexico border director from Wildcoast.

Rep. Loretta Sanchez is photographed in January at Ann LeGore Elementary School in El Monte, which she had attended.