In winning that state seat Sanchez had accomplished the nearly impossible by knocking off Raymond Sanchez a perennial DIM powerhouse. It was one of those things like the Berlin Wall coming down, you never thought it would happen in your lifetime.
He was heavily promoted to take on the Gov election by the Repub Chairman at the time, John Dendhal who IMO was a NUT. Walter Bradley, the LT. Gov under Johnson would have been a better choice (he was running but eased out), but still would have lost to King Bill.
“John Dendhal who IMO was a NUT. “
Libertarian like Gary Johnson?
Anyway it took guts for Sanchez to run (it would have been great if he won but sadly no Republican was likely to win) but it was a premature and it had the effect of interrupting his career soon after it started. He could make no immediate comeback because the GOP held on to his state house seat with Teresa Zanetti (who lost it in 2008).