Marquette Greene-Scott

Marquette Greene-Scott is the Democratic nominee for Texas's open 22nd District in the Houston area. She is an attorney and former high school and college math teacher who serves on the Iowa Colony city council, where she is mayor pro tem. She was the Democratic nominee for this district in 2024, losing to Troy Nehls, and describes health care, education reform, climate change and voter protection as her policy interests.[1]

Greene-Scott was born in Opelousas, Louisiana, and graduated from Opelousas Senior High School. She says she was born to Beatrice Greene and the late Joseph Greene, a Vietnam veteran.[1] She earned a B.S. in secondary education and mathematics in 1993 and an M.S. in mathematics in 1997, both from Southern University, and a J.D. in 2004 from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University.[1] Her campaign biography says she moved to Texas in 2010 and spent 14 years teaching high school and college mathematics before becoming an attorney. In her Candidate Connection survey she says she taught high school mathematics for seven and a half years before leaving to attend law school.[2][1] She is an attorney licensed in Texas and Louisiana and has also worked as a small business owner.[1]

Greene-Scott has served on the Iowa Colony city council since May 2021, according to her 2024 Candidate Connection survey, and holds Position 3 as mayor pro tem.[1] She won the March 5, 2024 Democratic primary for this district and lost the November 2024 general election to incumbent Troy Nehls, 127,604 votes to 209,285.[1] She says she has volunteered with the Legal Rapid Response Network of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, AKA/NBA Election Protection, Houston Volunteer Lawyers and veterans' programs, and has served as a poll watcher. She is affiliated with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.[1] Greene-Scott won the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary with 54.6% of the vote over four other candidates.[1]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.