Marilinda Garcia

	Marilinda Garcia
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	New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham 8
	Incumbent
	In office
	2006 - present
	Term ends
	December 3, 2014
Years in position	7
Party	Republican
	Compensation
Base salary	$200/two-year term
	Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	2006
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	N/A
Websites
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Biography

Garcia earned her B.A. from Tufts University, B.M. from the New England Conservatory of Music, and M.P.P. from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Her professional experience includes working in business development, strategic account management, and higher education consulting, as well as teaching harp at Phillips Exeter Academy and St. Paul's School, and Gordon College.^[1]^[2]

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Garcia served on the following committees:

New Hampshire Committee Assignments, 2013
• Finance
• Finance - Division I

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Garcia served on this committee:

New Hampshire Committee Assignments, 2011
• Legislative Administration

Election history

2012

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2012

Garcia won re-election in the 2012 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham 8. Garcia advanced past the September 11 primary and won re-election in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.^[3]^[4]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham 8, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ronald Belanger Incumbent	7.2%	6,519
	Republican	Gary Azarian Incumbent	7.2%	6,504
	Republican	John Sytek Incumbent	7.1%	6,399
	Republican	Joe Sweeney	6.9%	6,287
	Republican	Robert Elliott Incumbent	6.6%	5,996
	Republican	Marilinda Garcia Incumbent	6.5%	5,877
	Republican	Anne Priestley	6.4%	5,808
	Republican	Bianca Rose Garcia	6.4%	5,760
	Republican	Patrick Bick	5.4%	4,931
	Democratic	Michael Murray	5.3%	4,810
	Democratic	Susan Desmet	5.2%	4,753
	Democratic	John Murphy	4.6%	4,134
	Democratic	Rebecca Fee	4.5%	4,082
	Democratic	Ralph Stein	4.5%	4,051
	Democratic	Camron Iannalfo	4.3%	3,907
	Democratic	Dee Lewis	4.1%	3,709
	Democratic	Lawson Brouse	4%	3,659
	Democratic	Harley Featherston	3.8%	3,449
Total Votes				90,635

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham 8 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
John Sytek Incumbent	11%	1,337
Robert Elliott Incumbent	10.6%	1,292
Ronald Belanger Incumbent	10.5%	1,277
Gary Azarian Incumbent	10.5%	1,273
Marilinda Garcia Incumbent	10%	1,211
Bianca Rose Garcia	9.1%	1,111
Joe Sweeney	7.9%	958
Anne Priestley	7.9%	964
Patrick Bick	7.1%	860
John Manning, Jr.	6.3%	772
Michael Flathers	5.5%	665
Patrick McDougall	3.7%	445
Total Votes		12,165

2010

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2010

On November 2, 2010 Garcia won election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives.

Garcia advanced past the September 14 primary election. She faced incumbent Carolyn Webber (D), incumbent David Bettencourt (R), incumbent Mary Griffin (R), incumbent Charles McMahon (R), Kevin Waterhouse (R), incumbent David Bates (R), incumbent Walter Kolodziej (R), incumbent Ronald Belanger (R), incumbent Robert Elliott (R), Daphne Kenyon (D), Ann Kern (D), Matthew Groch (D), Jane Lang (D), Jocelyn Leary (D), Christine White-Rogers (D), Lori Demaine (D), Neil Fallon (D), Ellie Rouillard (D), Thomas Witham (D), Henri Azibert (D), Matthew O'Shaughnessy (D), John Sytek (R), Richard Okerman (R), Gary Azarian (R), and Donna Mauro (R) in the November 2 general election.

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham 4 Republican Primary (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Dennis Fields (R)		2,536
Mary Griffin (R)		2,364
Charles McMahon (R)		2,129
Marilinda Garcia (R)		1,991
Kevin Waterhouse (R)		1,914
John Sytek (R)		1,845
David Bates (R)		1,835
Walter Kolodziej (R)		1,776
Ronald Belanger (R)		1,678
Robert Elliott (R)		1,680
Richard Okerman (R)		1.613
Gary Azarian (R)		1,504
Donna Mauro (R)		1.483
Russell Ingram (R)		1,460
Bruce Breton (R)		1,448
Anthony DiFruscia (R)		1,388
Margaret Crisler (R)		1,286
Mark Samsel (R)		1,246
Bob Stanley (R)		1,165
John Manning (R)		1,170
Mark Larochelle (R)		934

Special election 2009

On April 28, 2009, Garcia won election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives from Rockingham County District 4 by winning a special election against Sheila Murray (D). Garcia received 2,050 votes, while Murray only received 1,250.^[5]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham District 4
Candidates		Votes
Marilinda Garcia (R)		2,050
Sheila Murray (D)		1,250

2008

Prior to her election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 2009, Garcia ran for a seat in the Rockingham 4 District in the 2008 election. Rockingham 4 sent thirteen candidates to the House, but Garcia finished with the fourteenth-highest vote total with 7,472 votes, failing to win a seat. The winning candidates from Rockingham 4 were David Bettencourt (R) with 10,390 votes, Mary Griffin (R) with 10,171 votes, Charles McMahon (R) with 9,297 votes, Anne Priestley (R) with 9,197 votes, Ronald Belanger (R) with 9,155 votes, Anthony DiFruscia (R) with 9,098 votes, Russell Ingram (R) with 8,367 votes, Robert Elliott (R) with 8,324 votes, Mark Pearson (R) with 8,293 votes, Margaret Crisler (R) with 7,886 votes, Walter Kolodziej (R) with 7,744 votes, David Bates (R) with 7,674 votes, and Carolyn Webber (D) with 7,624 votes. The other losing candidates in the race were Jessica Garofalo (D) with 6,544 votes, Doris Flaherty (D) with 6,216 votes, Michael Caruso (D) with 6,204 votes, Carol Schneider (D) with 6,158 votes, Connor O'Brien (D) with 6,089 votes, Camron Iannaflo (D) with 6,041 votes, Fran Brennan (D) with 5,675 votes, Frank Kern (D) with 5,326 votes, Lori Demaine (D) with 5,249 votes, Gerald Capron (D) with 4,423 votes, Henri Azibert (D) with 4,254 votes, and Neelima Gogumalla (D) with 4,160 votes. ^[6]

Garcia raised $610 for her campaign in 2008. Other candidates in the Rockingham 4 race (with data available) raised the following amounts: Griffin ($850), McMahon ($1,550), Priestley ($50), DiFruscia ($250), Pearson ($250), Kolodziej ($400), Bates ($2,450), Webber ($875), and Iannaflo ($525).^[7]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham District 4
Candidates		Votes
David Bettencourt (R)		10,390
Mary Griffin (R)		10,171
Charles McMahon (R)		9,297
Anne Priestley (R)		9,197
Ronald Belanger (R)		9,155
Anthony DiFrascia (R)		9,098
Russell Ingram (R)		8,367
Robert Elliott (R)		8,324
Mark Pearson (R)		8,293
Margaret Crisler (R)		7,886
Walter Kolodziej (R)		7,744
David Bates (R)		7,674
Carolyn Webber (D)		7,624
Marilinda Garcia (R)		7,472
Jessica Garofalo (D)		6,544
Doris Flaherty (D)		6,216
Michael Caruso (D)		6,204
Carol Schneider (D)		6,158
Connor O'Brien (D)		6,089
Camron Iannaflo (D)		6,041
Fran Brennan (D)		5,675
Frank Kern (D)		5,326
Lori Demaine (D)		5,249
Gerald Capron (D)		4,423
Henri Azibert (D)		4,254
Neelima Gogumalla (D)		4,160

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

In 2010, a year in which Garcia was up for re-election, she did not collect any money in donations.^[8]

2008

In 2008, Garcia collected $610 in contributions.^[9] Her four largest contributors were as follows:

Donor	Amount
Mitt Romney	$250
Blank	$150
Giulio Binaghi	$100
New Hampshire Liberty Alliance	$50

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