Aaron Marquez
Aaron Marquez (Democratic Party) is a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 5. He assumed office on January 13, 2025. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.
Marquez is also an at-large member of the Phoenix Union High School District in Arizona. He assumed office on January 1, 2021. His current term ends on January 1, 2029.
Marquez won re-election for an at-large seat of the Phoenix Union High School District in Arizona outright after the general election on March 11, 2025, was canceled.
Biography
As of his 2024 campaign, Aaron Marquez held the rank of major in the U.S. Army Reserve.[1] He attended the University of Arizona and Mesa Community College. He earned a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University. His career experience includes co-founding VetsForward.us and ServeNext.org. He worked as a field organizer in Arizona for John Kerry’s (D) 2004 presidential campaign and participated in the AmeriCorps program, City Year. In 2015, he led veterans outreach efforts for U.S. Congressman Ruben Gallego’s (D) office. Aaron also served as the political director for Terry Goddard’s 2010 Arizona gubernatorial campaign and later worked as a policy analyst at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.[2]
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2025
Two seats on the Phoenix Union High School District school board in Arizona were scheduled to be up for special general election on March 11, 2025, but the election was canceled. The election was originally on the ballot on November 5, 2024, but the results for the two at-large seats were voided after election ballots were printed with an error in instructions. The redo election was rescheduled to be held on March 11, 2025, with the same candidates who appeared on the ballot in November.
Candidates Debbie Cross and Aden Ramirez withdrew from the race in January 2025, leaving only two candidates, incumbent Aaron Marquez and candidate Francisco Pastor-Rivera, running for the two at-large seats. United States District Court for the District of Arizona Judge Murray Snow canceled the election following Maricopa County's request that the two remaining candidates be declared the winners. Marquez and Pastor-Rivera received the most votes when the race was on the 2024 ballot.[3]
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Marquez in this election.
2024
Arizona State House
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 5 (2 seats)
Incumbent Sarah Liguori and Aaron Marquez defeated Reina Patocs and Arthur Gonzales Sr. in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sarah Liguori (D) | 40.5 | 61,889 |
| ✔ |  | Aaron Marquez (D)  | 38.7 | 59,087 |
 | Reina Patocs (R) | 20.7 | 31,601 | |
| Arthur Gonzales Sr. (R) (Write-in) | 0.1 | 88 | ||
| Total votes: 152,665 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Juan Schoville (R)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 5 (2 seats)
Incumbent Sarah Liguori and Aaron Marquez defeated incumbent Charles Lucking and Dorri Thyden in the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 5 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sarah Liguori | 42.0 | 17,215 |
| ✔ | | Aaron Marquez | 27.7 | 11,334 |
 | Charles Lucking | 20.4 | 8,342 | |
 | Dorri Thyden | 9.9 | 4,051 | |
| Total votes: 40,942 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 5 (2 seats)
Reina Patocs and Juan Schoville advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 5 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Reina Patocs (Write-in) | 92.6 | 1,450 |
| ✔ |  | Juan Schoville (Write-in) | 7.4 | 116 |
| Total votes: 1,566 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Marquez in this election.
School board
Two at-large seats on the Phoenix Union High School District school board were on the ballot on November 5, 2024. A consent decree from 1990 states that voters in the district may only vote for one at-large candidate in the at-large race even when two seats are up for election. In the November election, ballots were incorrectly printed with instructions to vote for two candidates instead of one, disobeying the consent decree. United States District Court for the District of Arizona Judge Murray Snow ordered a new mail-in election to be held on March 11, 2025. The candidates who appeared on the November ballot were scheduled to appear on the March ballot, but the race was canceled after Debbie Cross and Aden Ramirez withdrew from the race in January 2025.[4][5] The candidates were:
- Aaron Marquez (incumbent)
- Debbie Cross
- Francisco Pastor-Rivera
- Aden Ramirez
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Marquez in this election.
2022
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 5 (2 seats)
Incumbent Amish Shah and incumbent Jennifer Longdon defeated Jennifer Treadwell in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Amish Shah (D) | 40.3 | 49,006 |
| ✔ |  | Jennifer Longdon (D) | 39.8 | 48,436 |
 | Jennifer Treadwell (R) | 19.9 | 24,262 | |
| Total votes: 121,704 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 5 (2 seats)
Incumbent Amish Shah and incumbent Jennifer Longdon defeated incumbent Sarah Liguori, Brianna Westbrook, and Aaron Marquez in the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 5 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Amish Shah | 31.8 | 15,629 |
| ✔ | | Jennifer Longdon | 24.4 | 11,956 |
| Sarah Liguori | 18.5 | 9,104 | |
 | Brianna Westbrook | 14.6 | 7,181 | |
| Aaron Marquez | 10.6 | 5,213 | |
| Total votes: 49,083 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 5 (2 seats)
Jennifer Treadwell advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 5 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jennifer Treadwell (Write-in) | 100.0 | 2,452 |
| Total votes: 2,452 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Donna McCoy (R)
Campaign finance
2020
See also: Phoenix Union High School District, Arizona, elections (2020)
General election
General election for Phoenix Union High School District, At-large (2 seats)
Aaron Marquez and incumbent Lela Alston defeated Debbie Cross, Nedra Sheppard, and Girmar Anwar in the general election for Phoenix Union High School District, At-large on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Aaron Marquez (Nonpartisan) | 38.4 | 65,198 |
| ✔ |  | Lela Alston (Nonpartisan) | 29.3 | 49,647 |
 | Debbie Cross (Nonpartisan) | 18.3 | 31,049 | |
| Nedra Sheppard (Nonpartisan) | 8.5 | 14,438 | ||
| Girmar Anwar (Nonpartisan) | 4.8 | 8,101 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 1,167 | ||
| Total votes: 169,600 | |||
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2014
- See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the Arizona State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 26, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 28, 2014. Catherine Miranda defeated Aaron Marquez in the Democratic primary. Natalie Taswell was unopposed in the Republican primary. Miranda defeated Taswell in the general election.[6][7][8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Catherine Miranda |
74.3% | 17,917 | |
| Republican | Natalie Taswell | 25.7% | 6,198 | |
| Total Votes | 24,115 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Catherine Miranda |
54.5% | 5,672 |
| Aaron Marquez | 45.5% | 4,733 |
| Total Votes | 10,405 | |
Endorsements
In 2014, Marquez's endorsements included the following:[10]
- Former State Senator Alfredo Gutierrez
- Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona
- Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema
- VoteVets.org
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2024
Arizona State House
Aaron Marquez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Marquez's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Arizona, served our country through two deployments to Afghanistan, and has fought for progressive change in Arizona and nationwide. In 2020, voters elected Aaron to the at-large seat of the Phoenix Union High School District Governing Board, where he has been fighting for progressive change to improve local public schools for our students and their families. In the State House, Aaron will fight to repeal universal vouchers for private schools, draining funding from our public school districts, and he
will fight to protect abortion rights.- In the State House, I will fight alongside Governor Hobbs to repeal universal vouchers for private schools, draining funding from our public school districts, and I will fight to protect abortion rights.
- In Democratic majority districts like District 5 in Central Phoenix, we need to increase voter turnout, especially Latino voter turnout. We must support Democratic candidates in swing districts like Paradise Valley, Chandler, and North Phoenix. We cannot bring real change to Arizona without giving Governor Hobbs a Democratic majority in the state legislature.
- As the Democratic nominee for District 5, I will
continue campaigning after the July 30th Democratic Primary to ensure we stop Donald Trump, defeat Kari Lake, and flip the state legislature. As an Army veteran, I swore an oath to defend our democracy. I know how much of a threat Donald Trump poses to the future of our democracy. We cannot debate education policy or abortion policy if we end up with an authoritarian in the White House. We need to
fight for Kamala Harris and Ruben Gallego in November.
the Army, and as a dad to fight for a better Arizona in the state legislature.
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School board
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Aaron Marquez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Aaron Marquez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Aaron Marquez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Phoenix Union High School District, At-large |
Officeholder Arizona House of Representatives District 5 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Instagram, "vetsfwd on November 6, 2024," accessed January 30, 3025
- ↑ Aaron Marquez's campaign website, "About Aaron," accessed January 30, 2025
- ↑ The Arizona Republic, "Phoenix school board election redo canceled, federal judge rules," January 13, 2025
- ↑ The Arizona Republic, "Maricopa County must redo Phoenix Union school board election after ballot error," December 12, 2024
- ↑ The Arizona Republic, "Phoenix school board election redo canceled, federal judge rules," January 13, 2025
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed August 27, 2014
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Election," May 28, 2014
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official general election candidate list," accessed September 11, 2014
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed August 3, 2015
- ↑ AaronMarquez.com, "Blog," accessed July 29, 2014
