Aaron Marquez

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Aaron Marquez
Image of Aaron Marquez
Phoenix Union High School District, At-large
Tenure

2021 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

4

Arizona House of Representatives District 5
Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

0

Compensation

Base salary

$24,000/year

Per diem

For legislators residing within Maricopa County: $35/day. For legislators residing outside of Maricopa County: $251.66.

Elections and appointments
Last election

March 11, 2025

Education

Bachelor's

Georgetown University

Contact

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]

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

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
Image of Sarah Liguori
Sarah Liguori (D)
 
40.5
 
61,889
Image of Aaron Marquez
Aaron Marquez (D) Candidate Connection
 
38.7
 
59,087
Image of Reina Patocs
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
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
Image of Sarah Liguori
Sarah Liguori
 
42.0
 
17,215
Image of Aaron Marquez
Aaron Marquez Candidate Connection
 
27.7
 
11,334
Image of Charles Lucking
Charles Lucking
 
20.4
 
8,342
Image of Dorri Thyden
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
Image of Reina Patocs
Reina Patocs (Write-in)
 
92.6
 
1,450
Image of Juan Schoville
Juan Schoville (Write-in)
 
7.4
 
116

Total votes: 1,566
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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School board

See also: Phoenix Union High School District, Arizona, elections (2024)

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:


Endorsements

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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
Image of Amish Shah
Amish Shah (D)
 
40.3
 
49,006
Image of Jennifer Longdon
Jennifer Longdon (D) Candidate Connection
 
39.8
 
48,436
Image of Jennifer Treadwell
Jennifer Treadwell (R) Candidate Connection
 
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
Image of Amish Shah
Amish Shah
 
31.8
 
15,629
Image of Jennifer Longdon
Jennifer Longdon Candidate Connection
 
24.4
 
11,956
Image of Sarah Liguori
Sarah Liguori
 
18.5
 
9,104
Image of Brianna Westbrook
Brianna Westbrook Candidate Connection
 
14.6
 
7,181
Image of Aaron Marquez
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
Image of Jennifer Treadwell
Jennifer Treadwell (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
2,452

Total votes: 2,452
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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
Image of Aaron Marquez
Aaron Marquez (Nonpartisan)
 
38.4
 
65,198
Image of Lela Alston
Lela Alston (Nonpartisan)
 
29.3
 
49,647
Image of Debbie Cross
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]

Arizona State Senate District 27, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngCatherine Miranda 74.3% 17,917
     Republican Natalie Taswell 25.7% 6,198
Total Votes 24,115


Arizona State Senate, District 27 Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngCatherine 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

Candidate Connection

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Aaron Márquez – a veteran of multiple political campaigns and the United States Army – grew up in

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.
I will bring my experience from the school board,
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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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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Aaron Marquez campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Arizona House of Representatives District 5Won general$78,118 $69,284
2022Arizona House of Representatives District 5Lost primary$88,654 $88,452
Grand total$166,772 $157,737
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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