Senator Christine Marsh Contact information

Christine Porter Marsh is an American politician and public school teacher from Arizona. She was elected to the state senate in 2020. A Democrat, she was first elected to represent district District 28, and later District 4, after redistricting. She won by 497 votes (50.2%) against incumbent Kate Brophy McGee in an election with more than 120,000 votes cast. Marsh previously ran against Brophy McGee in 2018 and lost by 267 votes (49.9%).

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 was Arizona’s Teacher of the Year.

Marsh received undergraduate degree from the University of California Los Angeles after attending on a track scholarship. 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.

In 2020, Christine won her bid to serve in the Arizona State Senate. She ran on the Democratic ticket against Kate Brophy McGee. She assumed office on January 11, 2021. Her current term ends on January 9, 2023. Her district, LD28, includes Paradise Valley, Sunnyslope, Arcadia, and other parts of North Central Phoenix.

Marsh earned a bachelor’s of English literature from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1989 and an M.A. in educational leadership and administration, general, from Grand Canyon University in 2016. Her career experience includes working as an educator. She has been affiliated with the Arizona Education Association.