1. Marilinda Garcia previously represented the Rockingham 4th district from 2007 to 2009 and from 2009 to 2012.
14 Facts About Marilinda Garcia
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Marilinda Garcia attended Tufts University and the New England Conservatory of Music, earning joint bachelor's degrees in 2006.
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Marilinda Garcia began teaching the harp at Gordon College, Phillips Exeter Academy, and St Paul's School as an adjunct professor in music.
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Marilinda Garcia attended Harvard University's John F Kennedy School of Government, where she obtained her Master's degree in Public Policy in 2010.
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Marilinda Garcia was elected to the New Hampshire House in 2006, at the age of 23.
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Marilinda Garcia became the co-chairman of the House Republican caucus and Majority Whip.
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Marilinda Garcia was re-elected in 2010, coming fourth out of the thirteen candidates who advanced to the general election, where she came seventh.
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On October 23,2014, the progressive advocacy group Granite State Progress accused Marilinda Garcia of having plagiarized parts of a March 21,2012, state house speech in opposition to same-sex marriage, and published an article documenting similarities between that speech and an editorial published in National Review on September 7,2010.
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On November 25,2013, Marilinda Garcia announced that she was running for the United States House of Representatives in New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district in the 2014 elections.
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Marilinda Garcia later stated that she is covered by health insurance outside of the Affordable Care Act network.
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In 2010, Marilinda Garcia voted in favor of New Hampshire House Bill 1590, an effort to repeal same-sex marriage.
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On March 21,2012, Marilinda Garcia spoke on the floor of the New Hampshire state house in favor of House Bill 437, which would have prohibited same-sex marriages and voted in favor of the bill.
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Marilinda Garcia is the daughter of an Italian immigrant mother and a Mexican-American father who was born in Nebraska and raised in New Mexico.
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Marilinda Garcia plays the harp in "The Seraphim Duo" with her sister, Bianca, a former New Hampshire Representative, who plays the flute.