Susan Lea Clifford Narvaiz is an American politician. A

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, she is the former mayor of

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. She is the

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of Core Strategies, Inc. and a self-employed consultant.

Early life and career

Narvaiz, a native of

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, was raised in

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. She moved to

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in 1995 to open a branch office for a national staffing company. Narvaiz is a former chair of the Capital Area Council of Governments, as well as a

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for both the Capital Area Council of Government Executive Committee and the Hays-Caldwell Public Utility Agency. She also served on the

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for Economic Development San Marcos and the San Marcos Education Foundation and she is a member of the TTC-I35 (my35) Advisory Committee,

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Finance Administration and Intergovernmental Relations Policy Steering Committee, and the Texas Municipal League. Narvaiz previously served on the

for the Corridor Innovation Center, Enlace Coalition, Hays-Coldwell Women's Center, Mainstreet, San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce, San Marcos Convention & Visitor Bureau, San Marcos Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and

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. She served as Place 3 on the San Marcos City Council from 2002 until 2004. She was a chairperson for the

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Selection Committee and Nurturing Committee, San Marcos Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and Texas Association of Business Chambers of Commerce, as well as fundraising chair for

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Youth Summit, an auction chair for Friends of the San Marcos Firefighters, a commissioner for the San Marcos Youth Commission, member of the San Marcos Rotary Club, community cadre of the

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, Narvaiz represented

for the Tri-County Human Resources & Occupational Safety Management Association.

City politics

Narvaiz was elected to San Marcos City Council Place 3 in June 2002. She was then elected as mayor of San Marcos in 2004 and was re-elected, unopposed, in 2006. In the 2008 election, she faced

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student Dan McCarthy and retired

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officer Dave Newman and was re-elected with 50.08% of the vote.

National politics

After departing office as Mayor of San Marcos in 2010, Narvaiz chose to run for

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in the newly created 35th Congressional District.

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was one of several controversial Texas districts drawn after the United States

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in 2010. Because of its abnormal shape, caused by

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, the district was named as one of the "10 Most Contorted Congressional Districts." In the Republican primary election, held on May 29, 2012, Narvaiz faced off against Rob Roark and John Yoggerst. Narvaiz won the primary election and avoided a runoff by obtaining 51.78% of the votes cast. Narvaiz faced Democratic incumbent

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in the

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on November 6, 2012. Narvaiz received 32.02% of total votes cast and lost the race to Doggett, who received 63.94% of the vote. In December 2013, Narvaiz announced her intention to challenge Doggett a second time for Texas' 35th Congressional District seat. She ran for

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, but lost the Republican primary to

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References

External links

Susan Narvaiz at BallotpediaOfficial site
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