Eugene Stace Fraise (May 7, 1932 – November 27, 2020) was an American politician from
Iowa
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.
Career
He served in the
Iowa Senate
The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly, United States. There are 50 seats in the Iowa Senate, representing 50 single-member districts across the state of Iowa with populations of approximately 60,927 per constituency, . ...
from the 46th district from 1986, when he filled a vacancy left by
Lowell Junkins
Lowell L. Junkins (born March 9, 1944) is an American politician in the state of Iowa.
Junkins was born in Fort Madison, Iowa and attended Iowa State University. He served in the Iowa Senate from 1973 to 1987, as a Democrat. He unsuccessfully ran ...
' resignation, until 2013.
Fraise served on several committees in the Iowa Senate – the Appropriations committee; the Judiciary committee; and the Agriculture committee, of which he was the committee chairman. He also served as vice chair of the Justice System Appropriations Subcommittee. His prior political experience includes sitting on the
Lee County Board of Supervisors for seven years.
Fraise was re-elected in 2004 with 14,272 votes (53%), defeating
Republican
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Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
opponent Doug P. Abolt.
Death
Fraise died from
COVID-19
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in
West Burlington, Iowa
West Burlington is a city in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States, adjacent to the Mississippi River city of Burlington. The population was 2,968 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Burlington, IA– IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geogra ...
, on November 27, 2020, at age 88.
References
External links
Senator Gene Fraise''official Iowa Legislature site''
Senator Gene Fraise''official Iowa General Assembly site''
State Senator Gene Fraise''official constituency site''
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1932 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Iowa
Democratic Party Iowa state senators
County supervisors in Iowa
People from Lee County, Iowa
People from Fort Madison, Iowa
Farmers from Iowa
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