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Laura Marquez
Laura Marquez (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas State Board of Education to represent District 1. Marquez lost in the Democratic primary runoff on May 24, 2022.
Biography
Laura Marquez earned a master's degree in social work from the University of Texas at El Paso. Marquez's career experience includes working as a developmental disabilities policy fellow and a leadership & advocacy project assistant with the Paso del Norte Children's Development Center.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Texas State Board of Education election, 2022
General election
General election for Texas State Board of Education District 1
Melissa Ortega defeated Michael Stevens in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Melissa Ortega (D) | 55.8 | 247,093 |
 | Michael Stevens (R)  | 44.2 | 195,794 | |
| Total votes: 442,887 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Board of Education District 1
Melissa Ortega defeated Laura Marquez in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Board of Education District 1 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Melissa Ortega | 57.5 | 32,123 |
 | Laura Marquez | 42.5 | 23,776 | |
| Total votes: 55,899 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 1
Melissa Ortega and Laura Marquez advanced to a runoff. They defeated Omar Yanar in the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 1 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Melissa Ortega | 46.1 | 42,374 |
| ✔ | | Laura Marquez | 35.4 | 32,504 |
 | Omar Yanar | 18.5 | 17,008 | |
| Total votes: 91,886 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 1
Michael Stevens defeated Lani Popp in the Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 1 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michael Stevens | 63.6 | 39,865 |
 | Lani Popp | 36.4 | 22,772 | |
| Total votes: 62,637 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Laura Marquez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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