Marc LaHood was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. He graduated from Texas Military Institute, Trinity University, and Saint Mary’s University Law School in 2007. He primarily practices state and federal criminal defense and has represented clients across the great state of Texas.
Marc has tried felony jury trials in both state and federal courts and consistently earns accolades for his work, including “Best of San Antonio” from the San Antonio Current.
His life experiences have molded him into a fighter for his conservative values, his family, and his faith.
Marc’s mother, Norma, was born in Laredo, Texas. Her family moved to the South Side of San Antonio after her father was discharged from the US Army Air Corps after serving in World War II. Both of Norma’s brothers, Eddie and Louis, would go on to serve in the US Navy during Vietnam. Soon after Eddie began self-medicating and became addicted to heroin, eventually dying in prison from his struggles with drugs. Louis later committed suicide in 1979.
On August 15, 1996, tragedy would upend Marc’s family as carjackers followed his eldest brother, Mike Jr., and his girlfriend back to their home. As the robber approached, Mike confronted him as his girlfriend fled. Sadly, Mike Jr. was shot and killed instantly in the family driveway. Just a year later, Marc’s best friend’s father, Eddie Garcia, was murdered outside his office.
In 2015, Marc met his future wife, Erica, and eldest daughter, Emily. They helped to heal his heart and soul and brought him back to the Church. The two were married in 2017. He adopted his eldest child, Emily, that same year.
The couple now has four children together, three of whom are under four.
This led Marc to run for Bexar County District Attorney in 2022. After securing the Republican nomination in the primary with over 60% of the vote, Marc took on the radical, pro-crime incumbent Joe Gonzales in the general election. While Marc earned more votes countywide than any other Republican, he fell short of unseating Gonzales. Marc was proud to give voters a choice at the ballot box between law and order and the failed policies of radical far-left criminal justice “reform.”
Marc believes that we are at a crisis point in our state and nation, and that now is the time for bold, unapologetic conservative leadership in government. We cannot afford to elect leaders any longer that are not prepared to take on the major issues of our times and are not prepared to defend and protect the America, and Texas, we love.