Christine Marsh taught high school English for 27 years at Chaparral High School and was named Arizona's Teacher of the Year in 2016. She served in the state Senate from 2021 to 2025, but lost her 2024 reelection bid to Republican Carine Werner. She is unopposed among Democrats this year and is seeking the seat Lela Alston is vacating after decades at the Capitol.
Prominent Endorsements
Arizona ListSierra Club
Candidate resources
Self-reported endorsements
- Sierra Club
- AFSCME
- Equality Arizona
- Arizona List
- Western State Carpenters
- Ironworkers of AZ
- Moms Demand Action
- CWA
- UFCW
- Boilermakers
- SMART
- AFL-CIO
- Voting Rights Fund
- Painters and Allied Trades
- LiUNA
Candidate Questionnaire
Top Issues
Enhancing education and the economy; ensuring access to quality, affordable healthcare; ensuring and expanding access to the ballot.
Professional Experience
- 32 years as a public school teacher, mostly in high school English classes
- caregiver for a 92 year-old
- small business owner before I started my teaching career.
Education
- I graduated from UCLA with a BA and from GCU with a masters degree.
Political Offices
- Arizona State Senator for two terms.