Editing Loretta Sanchez (section)

===2010===
{{See also|2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 47}}
Sanchez considered running for governor and for the [[United States Senate]], but declined to enter [[2010 California gubernatorial election|the gubernatorial race]] after former governor [[Jerry Brown]] declared his candidacy and deferred to incumbent senator [[Barbara Boxer]], who [[United States Senate election in California, 2010|ran for re-election]].<ref name=ruleout>{{cite web|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/water-645246-sanchez-donors.html|title=Rep. Loretta Sanchez doesn't rule out bid for U.S. Senate if Barbara Boxer retires|date=December 14, 2014|access-date=December 16, 2014|work=[[The Orange County Register]]|author=Martin Wisckol}}</ref>

Sanchez was challenged by Republican nominee [[Van Tran]] and independent candidate Ceci Iglesias. According to ''Roll Call'', Sanchez considered running for governor or for the U.S. Senate in 2010.<ref>"Think Big, Plan Ahead". ''Roll Call'', January 11, 2007</ref> In November 2005, she opened an [[exploratory committee]] called People for Loretta 2010.<ref>[http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_779114.php "Rep. Sanchez ponders move out of House"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184102/http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_779114.php |date=2007-09-30 }} OCRegister.com. Retrieved February 4, 2007.</ref> However, in June 2009, she announced she would run for reelection to the House.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scpr.org/news/2009/06/24/sanchez-not-running|title=Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez not running for governor &#124; 89.3 KPCC|publisher=Scpr.org|access-date=2010-07-11|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622014849/http://www.scpr.org/news/2009/06/24/sanchez-not-running/|archive-date=2011-06-22}}</ref>

In September 2010, Loretta Sanchez appeared on the Spanish language network, [[Univisión]] and said that "the Vietnamese and the Republicans are – with an intensity – trying to take away 'our' seat", referring to her Vietnamese-born opponent, [[Van Tran]].<ref>[http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/politics/loretta-sanchez-on-unvision-vi/ "Loretta Sanchez on Univisión: "Vietnamese" Trying to Take Her Congressional Seat Away from Democrats"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923092306/http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/politics/loretta-sanchez-on-unvision-vi/ |date=2010-09-23 }}, OC Weekly. September 20, 2010. Retrieved September 22, 2010.</ref><ref>My-Thuan Tran (9/25/10) [https://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0925-sanchez-vietnamese-20100925,0,2523703.story Rival denounces Rep. Sanchez's comments about Vietnamese] LATimes.com; retrieved September 25, 2010</ref><ref name=Fox>(9/24/10) [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hispanic-congresswoman-says-vietnamese-are-trying-to-take-her-seat/ Hispanic Congresswoman Says Vietnamese Are Trying to Take Her Seat] FoxNews.com Retrieved September 25, 2010.</ref> Sanchez also described Tran as "anti-immigrant".<ref name=Fox/>