Christine Marsh

Christine Marsh
Member of the Arizona Senate
from the 4th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 9, 2023
Preceded byLisa Otondo
Member of the Arizona Senate
from the 28th district
In office
January 11, 2021 – January 9, 2023
Preceded byKate Brophy McGee
Succeeded byFrank Carroll
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
ResidencePhoenix, Arizona

Christine Porter Marsh is an American politician and public school teacher from Arizona. She was elected to the state senate in 2020.[1] A Democrat, she was first elected to represent district District 28, and later District 4, after redistricting.[2][3] She won by 497 votes (50.2%) against incumbent Kate Brophy McGee in an election with more than 120,000 votes cast.[4] Marsh previously ran against Brophy McGee in 2018 and lost by 267 votes (49.9%).[5]

Christine Marsh taught high school English at Chaparral High School for 27 years, before leaving to teach in the Cave Creek Unified School district for two years. In 2019 and she returned to Scottsdale Unified School District and in 2021 started her 30th year of teaching. In 2016, Marsh was named Arizona's Teacher of the Year.[6][7]

Marsh received undergraduate degree from the University of California Los Angeles after attending on a track scholarship.[8] She received her Master's from the College of Education at Grand Canyon University.[7] Marsh also has an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Northern Arizona University.

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  2. ^ Shumway, Julia (November 13, 2020). "Marsh declares victory in tight senate race". Arizona Capitol Times. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  3. ^ Gambino, Lauren; Singh, Maanvi (October 30, 2020). "'Voters are fed up': will Arizona's suburbs abandon the party of Trump?". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  4. ^ "2020 Arizona State Senate - District 28 Election Results". AZ Central. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Arizona State Senate District 28". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
  6. ^ Resto-Montero, Gabriela (October 31, 2018). "Christine Marsh, Arizona's 2016 Teacher of the Year, Is Running for Office and Her Former Students Are Helping Out". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  7. ^ a b Magruder, Janie (November 20, 2015). "COE graduates dominate Arizona top-teacher contest". GCU Today. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  8. ^ "2020 Christine Marsh". Arizona List. Retrieved 2021-08-18.