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Orlando Sanchez was born on 14 October, 1957 in Havana, Cuba, is an Orlando Sanchez is politician. Discover Orlando Sanchez's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 14 October, 1957
Birthday 14 October
Birthplace Havana, Cuba
Nationality Cuba

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1957

Orlando Sanchez (born 14 October 1957 in Havana, Cuba) is an American politician, elected three times as Treasurer of Harris County, Texas (2006), 2010, and 2014.

1962

The family stayed for a brief time in Venezuela, before settling in Houston in 1962.

Sanchez has lived here since.

Former Harris County Judge Roy Hofheinz hired Sanchez's father, Orlando Sanchez-Diago, as a broadcaster to be the "Spanish voice" of the Colt .45s baseball club, which subsequently was renamed the Houston Astros.

Sanchez grew up in southwest Houston, where he graduated from Bellaire High School (Bellaire, Texas).

1976

He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1976.

1992

Sanchez joined the Republican Party and first ran for office in 1992 as the Republican nominee for Texas House District 132.

1993

In 1993 he was a candidate for Houston City Council in District C.

1995

A naturalized citizen, Sanchez has made political history as the first Latino immigrant to be elected to a citywide position in Houston, when he won the at-large seat on the city council, to which he was twice re-elected in consecutive terms, serving 1995–2001.

In 1995, Sanchez successfully ran citywide for at-large position on the Houston City Council, where he served three terms, January 1996 to January 2002, stepping down due to term limits.

He was the first Latino immigrant to be elected citywide in Houston's history.

The Harris County Republican Party awarded Sanchez the 'Political Courage Award' for his vote to cut property taxes in Houston for the first time in decades.

1997

In 1997, Sanchez was the University of Houston Social Sciences' Outstanding Young Alum and in 2001 received the Distinguished Alumnus Award.

2001

In 2001 and 2003 he ran for mayor of Houston, gaining an alliance with Republican Anglos and generating high voter turnout in the Hispanic community.

Both times he made it to the runoffs.

When elected as Treasurer of Harris County, he was the first Latino immigrant to win a countywide, non-judicial elected office in that county.

Sanchez was born in Havana, Cuba to native Cuban parents.

His parents emigrated after the Cuban Revolution when he was a young child.

In 2001, Sanchez ran for Mayor of the City of Houston against the two-time incumbent Lee P. Brown, the former police chief of the city, and a fellow city councilman, Chris Bell.

Sanchez, who gained 40% of the vote, faced Brown, who had 43%, in a run-off; Chris Bell received 16% of the ballots cast.

The centerpiece of Sanchez' campaign was public safety: he called for four fire fighters on each fire truck as the minimum needed to preserve lives and safety of the force, gaining the union's endorsement.

On September 11, 2001, fire fighters helping victims in the World Trade Center attacks became national heroes; this helped to elevate the profile of Sanchez' cause.

In October 2001, Houston Fire Captain Jay Janhke was killed while putting out a fire.

Mayor Brown was strongly criticized and the Fire Department policy changed its policy, staffing four fighters per truck as the standard for each call.

In the non-partisan election, Sanchez developed a coalition that included the Hispanic community, Asian business leaders, Republicans and independent voters.

Historically, Hispanic turnout in Houston races hovered around 10%, but nearly 18% of Hispanic voters turned out in this race, with more than 77% voting for Sanchez.

Voter turnout in the 2001 mayoral race between Sanchez and Brown was historic.

Since his 2001 campaign, he had been offered several other opportunities, but said, "I knew, standing on that podium, looking at the crowd, that I would run again in 2003," Sanchez said.

"It's what I want to do and be. When I start something, I stick to it."

Sanchez made the run-off, but lost to Bill White in the general election.

2003

In 2003, Sanchez ran for mayor against Bill White, a businessman and well-connected Democrat, and Sylvester Turner, a state representative and former candidate for mayor against then-Mayor Bob Lanier.

Sanchez had improved his name identification in this race.

2006

He was elected Harris County Treasurer in 2006 making him the first Latino immigrant in Harris County to be elected to a countywide non-judicial office.

2010

Sanchez was reelected in 2010 and again in 2014.

2014

After his tour, he enlisted in the 147th Fighter Interceptor Group of the Texas Air National Guard at the then-named Ellington Field.

He attended the University of Houston and graduated cum laude with a degree in political science.

2015

In addition to the near doubling of Latino voter turnout, the total number of voters in the December run-off remains the highest in Houston's history as of 2015.

Sanchez narrowly lost the race by 10,702 votes.

2018

Dylan Osborne was elected to succeed him in the November, 2018 election that saw most Republicans in county-wide offices replaced by Democrats.

He lost in 2018 to Dylan Osborne, 54%-46%.