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Martin Quezada

Nonpartisan · AZ · Member, Pendergast Elementary School District Governing Board

Martin J. Quezada is an incumbent member of the Pendergast Elementary School District governing board, serving since 2011, and an attorney in private practice. He previously served in the Arizona Senate (2015-2023) and the Arizona House of Representatives (2013-2015), and is a graduate of Arizona State University and its Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.

Track record

Government Efficiency

· 1 record

  • As an Arizona representative, Martín Quezada sponsored HB 2611 to prevent school boards from renegotiating superintendent contracts more than 15 months before expiration; the House Education Committee advanced it 8-0.

    February 18, 2013For

    Source: azleg.gov · researched July 10, 2026

Public Education Quality

· 1 record

  • As an Arizona representative, Martín Quezada sponsored HB 2611 to prevent school boards from renegotiating superintendent contracts more than 15 months before expiration; the House Education Committee advanced it 8-0.

    February 18, 2013For

    Source: azleg.gov · researched July 10, 2026

Civil Rights

· 2 records

  • After leaving the Arizona Senate, Quezada testified in federal litigation challenging two 2022 voting laws and described racially motivated comments he said were made during the legislative process.

    December 12, 2023For

    Source: kjzz.org · researched July 10, 2026

  • As a state senator, Quezada championed 'ban the box' legislation to remove the felony-conviction checkbox from Arizona state-agency job applications, part of a broader criminal-justice-reform push; the measure was blocked in the Republican-controlled Legislature during the 2017 session.

    June 5, 2017For

    Source: cronkitenews.azpbs.org · researched July 10, 2026

General

· 1 record

  • Quezada offered a floor amendment creating a state family and medical leave insurance program with worker protections, wage-replacement benefits, and domestic-violence safe leave.

    May 25, 2021

    Source: azleg.gov · researched July 10, 2026

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Profile last researched July 10, 2026.