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"I had been injured playing football and I had to work to continue paying for my college education," he said. "I chose U.T. Arlington because it had a good engineering school and because the Dallas-Fort Worth area was a good place to find a job." A native of Abilene, Sen. Fraser grew up in the West Texas town of Coahoma. After college he settled his family in Big Spring, where he became involved in civic affairs and eventually served as president of the local Chamber of Commerce. His manufacturing business prospered, and soon community leaders asked him to run for public office. Sen. Fraser was first elected to the Texas House of Representatives and served three terms, from 1987 to 1992. He was named the 1991 National Republican Legislator of the Year. In 1996, he won the race for Texas Senate District 24, a 21-county region that stretches through portions of the Hill Country and much of Central Texas. For the past year, he has been heavily involved in presidential politics, serving as national volunteer chairman for the George W. Bush campaign. "My job was to recruit volunteers for the Bush strike force, which traveled to 19 targeted states in the final weeks of the campaign," he said. "We ran phone banks, walked neighborhoods and served as surrogate speakers. Overall, we had several thousand volunteers who traveled on their own time and at their own expense to help." Now, Sen. Fraser's attention turns to state politics and the current legislative session. As
co-chair of the 11-member Senate committee on redistricting, he will play
a large role in redrawing the state's political maps. "My goal is that
we draw fair, compact and contiguous district boundaries that comply with
the Voting Rights Act," he said. "And that, if at all possible, we do
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