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Troy Fraser

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Troy Fraser
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Prior offices
Texas State Senate District 24

Education

Bachelor's

University of Texas, Arlington

Personal
Profession
Business owner

Troy Fraser (b. August 10, 1949) is a former Republican member of the Texas State Senate, representing District 24 from 1997 to 2017. He was first elected to the chamber in 1996.[1]

Fraser did not seek re-election to the Texas State Senate in 2016.

Biography

Fraser attended Angelo State University and the University of Texas-Arlington.

Fraser's professional experience includes working as the founder and owner of Fraser Industries Incorporated and as the founder and former chief development officer for Pal-Ex Incorporated.[2]

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Fraser served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Fraser served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Fraser served on the following Texas Senate committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Fraser served on the following Texas Senate committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2016

See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Texas State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.[3] Incumbent Troy Fraser (R) did not seek re-election.

Dawn Buckingham defeated Jennie Lou Leeder in the Texas State Senate District 24 general election.[4]

Texas State Senate, District 24 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Dawn Buckingham 72.39% 214,568
     Democratic Jennie Lou Leeder 27.61% 81,836
Total Votes 296,404
Source: Texas Secretary of State


Dawn Buckingham defeated Susan King in the Texas State Senate, District 24 Republican primary runoff.[5]

Texas State Senate, District 24 Republican Primary Runoff, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Dawn Buckingham 61.33% 26,466
     Republican Susan King 38.67% 16,688
Total Votes 43,154


Jennie Lou Leeder ran unopposed in the Texas State Senate District 24 Democratic Primary.[6][5]

Texas State Senate, District 24 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jennie Lou Leeder  (unopposed)


The following candidates ran in the Texas State Senate District 24 Republican Primary.[6][5]

Texas State Senate, District 24 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Susan King 27.24% 32,512
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Dawn Buckingham 24.76% 29,553
     Republican Jon Cobb 20.41% 24,361
     Republican Brent Mayes 16.10% 19,216
     Republican Reed Williams 7.01% 8,372
     Republican Ryan Downton 4.48% 5,352
Total Votes 119,366

2012

See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2012

Fraser ran in the 2012 election for Texas State Senate, District 24. Fraser ran unopposed in the May 29 primary election and was unchallenged in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[7]

2008

On Nov. 4, 2008, Fraser won re-election to the 24th District Seat in the Texas State Senate, defeating opponents Melvin Willms and Carl Nulsen.[7]

Fraser raised $660,945 for his campaign while Oliver raised $0.[8]

Texas State Senate, District 24 (2008)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Troy Fraser (R) 197,125 85.46%
Bill Oliver (L) 33,518 14.53%

Campaign finance summary


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Troy Fraser campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2012Texas State Senate, District 24Won $575,714 N/A**
2008Texas State Senate, District 24Won $660,945 N/A**
2004Texas State Senate, District 24Won $472,121 N/A**
2002Texas State Senate, District 24Won $509,353 N/A**
2000Texas State Senate, District 24Won $507,746 N/A**
Grand total$2,725,879 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2017

In 2017, the Texas State Legislature was in its 85th legislative session from January 10 through May 29. A special session was held from July 18 to August 15.

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2011

Personal

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Fraser and his wife, Linda, have three children: Chase, Sunny and Andrew.

Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Frank Madla
Texas Senate District 24
1997-2017
Succeeded by
Dawn Buckingham


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