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Lisa Sanchez
Lisa Sanchez was a member of the Boise City Council in Idaho, representing Seat 3. She assumed office on January 11, 2022. She left office on January 13, 2023.
Sanchez ran for re-election to the Boise City Council to represent Seat 3 in Idaho. She won in the general election on November 2, 2021.
Sanchez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Lisa Sanchez lives in Boise, Idaho.[1] Her career experience includes working as a bilingual paralegal helping low-income victims of domestic violence and as a civil rights investigator for the Idaho Human Rights Commission. She was elected to serve on the Boise City Council in 2017.[2]
Elections
2021
See also: City elections in Boise, Idaho (2021)
General election
General election for Boise City Council Seat 3
Incumbent Lisa Sanchez defeated Greg MacMillan, Maria Santa Cruz-Cernik, and Nicholas Domeny in the general election for Boise City Council Seat 3 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lisa Sanchez (Nonpartisan)  | 57.2 | 5,758 |
| Greg MacMillan (Nonpartisan) | 37.0 | 3,722 | ||
| Maria Santa Cruz-Cernik (Nonpartisan) | 3.8 | 383 | ||
| Nicholas Domeny (Nonpartisan) | 2.0 | 199 | ||
| Total votes: 10,062 | |||
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2017
The city of Boise, Idaho, held elections for city council on November 7, 2017. Three of the six seats on the city council were up for election. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was September 8, 2017.[3] Lisa Sanchez defeated Frank Walker, Logan Kimball, Rachel Misnick, and Paul Fortin in the Boise City Council Seat 2 general election.[4]
| Boise City Council, Seat 2 General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Lisa Sanchez |
44.14% | 10,396 |
| Frank Walker | 25.38% | 5,979 |
| Logan Kimball | 18.46% | 4,347 |
| Rachel Misnick | 7.60% | 1,791 |
| Paul Fortin | 4.42% | 1,041 |
| Total Votes | 23,554 | |
| Source: Ada County Clerk's Office, "November 2017 Consolidated Election Official Results," November 14, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Lisa Sanchez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sanchez's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My family taught me how to work with a tight budget, and how to keep working even though you feel exhausted. My family also showed me the importance of helping others in the community, because as hard as we had it, we knew there were others who had it worse. I learned that being a PROUD community means being there for each other, no matter what.
In many ways, my upbringing and work experience have been preparing me to serve in this office for just about my whole life: Through watching my mother sacrifice her time with her own children in service of the greater good; In my work as a fair housing tester to enforce the Fair Housing Act; In my work as the only Spanish-speaking civil rights investigator for the Idaho Human Rights Commission; In my work with the Girl Scouts to increase services to Native American and Latino communities; and in my current work, helping to connect survivors of domestic violence and child abuse with volunteer lawyers. I know how to help.- Fair and Affordable Housing
- Government Transparency
- Equity and Compassion
We need to ensure that we continue to implement our diversity, equity, and inclusion strategic plan. That means that at the center of our conversations at the city, we are ensuring that we are talking with those that are most vulnerable and including them in the solution generation for issues like transportation, land use, and planning and zoning.
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See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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