Marcus Cavalier
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Marcus Cavalier is currently the Freshman Democratic Senator from the Southwest, the first ever from his party. In the past, he has served two terms in Congress as well as a partial term as House Majority Leader and a whole term as the Ranking Member of the House BELI Committee.
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| United States Senator: Southwest | ||||
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| In Office: 2021 - Present | ||||
| Preceded by | Akeem Mellis | |||
| Succeeded by | incumbent | |||
| United States House Representative: Arizona's 4th | ||||
| In Office: 2017-2020 | ||||
| Preceded by | Ed Pastor | |||
| Succeeded by | Juan Carlos | |||
| Born | January 10th, 1988 Denver, Colorado; United States | |||
| Political Party | Democratic | |||
| Spouse | Alexis De Medici Cavalier | |||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | |||
Early Life
Marcus Cavalier was born in Denver, Colorado on January 10th, 1988. He lived with his parents in a lower-middle class neighborhood in the main city until he turned 10, when his parents followed their jobs with Exxon-Mobil to Phoenix, Arizona, where the family settled down permanently. In 2007, when Cavalier was almost 18, his parents were laid off from their jobs. Unable to leave his family in good faith, Cavalier gave up his college trust fund and worked two jobs to help support them. He continued to work at a fast food restaurant by day and a local bar by night for 6 years.
One night at his night job playing at a local bar owned by Cavalier's current Chief of Staff Juan Carlos, a rep from a local record label was driving through Phoenix and broke down outside the bar. Going inside to use a phone, the rep heard Cavalier playing and immediately dragged him back to the local office to sign a record deal with he and his band. The record sold decently, topping out at number 5 on various charts. The album made Cavalier enough money to return to college. Cavalier has yet to produce another album at this point, and most of his former bandmates are employed by his Congressional office.
In 2011, Cavalier was able to return to college at the University of Arizona - Phoenix, where he studied in Bio-Engineering and Energy Sciences. It was in his Senior year that the gas cap crisis of 2015 hit the Sunbelt. Disgusted with the lack of action on the part of local and state governments in dealing with this problem, as well as others, Cavalier decided to take a course in Political Science and one in American Government the summer after he graduated.
Early Congressional Career
In 2016
