LINN COUNTY, OR — Sweet Home City Councilor and House District 11 candidate Angelita Sanchez has joined a statewide lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 1599, arguing the legislature cannot move a voter-qualified gas tax referendum from the November 2026 General Election to the low-turnout May primary. More than 250,000 Oregonians signed petitions placing the transportation tax...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 16, 2025 Councilor Angelita Sanchez Announces Run for Oregon State Representative Sweet Home Leader Launches Campaign to Represent Rural Voices and Restore Accountability in Salem Sweet Home, OR – Angelita Sanchez, a respected community advocate, mother, and small business owner from Sweet Home, has officially announced her candidacy for the Oregon...
Sweet Home’s charter amendment had a strong lead in the May 20 election following the most recent count prior to press time, on Thursday afternoon, May 22. The amendment, which would require voters to elect Sweet Home’s mayor rather than the mayor being elected by City Council members, had 80.01% Read More
As an at-large delegate and an elector for the Oregon Republican Party, Sanchez’s name was thrown into the hat for a lottery draw by the Trump 47 Inauguration Committee to attend inauguration events in D.C., and her name was drawn. “I got picked,” she exclaimed. Read More
Angelita Sanchez describes her efforts against Ranked Choice Voting in Oregon, emphasizing grassroots mobilization and the successful organization of opposition statements, contributing to the defeat of Measure 117. She came up with a plan to defeat a $10 million effort with a little more than $10,000. Read More
Angelita Sanchez: One of my goals has also been to have the mayor elected by the people instead of appointed by the council. I feel that there’s a lack of accountability to the people because they are appointed by their fellow council members, and I think that the mayor being elected by the people can...
Sweet Home resident Angelita Sanchez, after returning home from the Republican National Convention as an official at-large delegate, shares her experience at the historical event. Read More
Angelita Sanchez announced she was endorsed by The Trump Campaign and has been elected as a delegate for Oregon at next month’s National Convention in Milwaukee. She was also elected as one of 8 electors in the electoral college for the Republican party. “I think the people of this community should know that they’ll have...
Sweet Home’s rural economy has been hit hard by out-of-town environmental groups for decades, according to Ms. Sanchez. “We once had 11 operational sawmills that created good paying jobs,” she said. But when the Spotted Owl lawsuits began in the 1980s, they decimated the local timber industry. “Now only three mills remain.” So the town...
Angelita Sanchez, a member of the Sweet Home City Council and director of the rural activist group Timber Unity, said doing so would raise electricity prices and fail her lower-income community. Like other speakers, Sanchez cast doubt on efforts to reintroduce salmon. She cited an Oregon State University report this year concluding that billions of...
