Christine Marsh

{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder

|name = Christine Marsh

|image = Christine Marsh (53875214286) (cropped).jpg

|caption = Marsh in 2024

|state_senate = Arizona

|constituency = 28th district (2021-2023)
4th district (2023-2025)

|term_start = January 11, 2021

|term_end = January 13, 2025

|predecessor = Kate Brophy McGee

|successor = Carine Werner

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|party = Democratic

|residence = Phoenix, Arizona

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Christine Porter Marsh is an American politician and public school teacher from Arizona. She was elected to the state senate in 2020, and served until 2025.{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Christine_Marsh|title=Christine Marsh|website=Ballotpedia}} A Democrat, she was first elected to represent district District 28, and later District 4, after redistricting.{{cite news |last1=Shumway |first1=Julia |title=Marsh declares victory in tight senate race |url=https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020/11/13/marsh-declares-victory-in-tight-senate-race/ |access-date=5 January 2021 |publisher=Arizona Capitol Times |date=November 13, 2020}}{{cite news|last1=Gambino|first1=Lauren|last2=Singh|first2=Maanvi|date=October 30, 2020|title='Voters are fed up': will Arizona's suburbs abandon the party of Trump?|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/30/arizona-us-election-donald-trump-suburbs-maricopa|access-date=5 January 2021}} She won by 497 votes (50.2%) against incumbent Kate Brophy McGee in an election with more than 120,000 votes cast.{{cite web |title=2020 Arizona State Senate - District 28 Election Results |url=https://www.azcentral.com/elections/results/race/2020-11-03-state_senate-AZ-3081/ |website=AZ Central |access-date=5 January 2021}} Marsh previously ran against Brophy McGee in 2018 and lost by 267 votes (49.9%).{{Cite web|title=Arizona State Senate District 28|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_State_Senate_District_28|access-date=2021-08-18|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}

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.{{cite news |last1=Resto-Montero |first1=Gabriela |title=Christine Marsh, Arizona's 2016 Teacher of the Year, Is Running for Office and Her Former Students Are Helping Out |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/christine-marsh-arizona-teacher-of-the-year-running-for-office |access-date=5 January 2021 |publisher=Teen Vogue |date=October 31, 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Magruder |first1=Janie |title=COE graduates dominate Arizona top-teacher contest |url=https://news.gcu.edu/2015/11/coe-graduates-dominate-arizona-top-teacher-contest/ |access-date=5 January 2021 |publisher=GCU Today |date=November 20, 2015}}

Marsh received undergraduate degree from the University of California Los Angeles after attending on a track scholarship.{{Cite web|title=2020 Christine Marsh|url=https://arizonalist.org/endorsed/christine-marsh/|access-date=2021-08-18|website=Arizona List}} She received her Master's from the College of Education at Grand Canyon University. Marsh also has an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Northern Arizona University.