Austen Schauer is an American politician. He is a member of the

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from District 13. He is a member of the Republican Party. He currently lives in West Fargo, North Dakota. He is married to Angela Tracy, whom he had three children with.

Life

Austen was born in Turtle Lake. However, he went to school in

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and

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. After graduating high school, he moved back to

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. While in North Dakota, Austen's father took a job as a pastor at Hebron Baptist Church. He got his Associate Arts degree in broadcasting at Dickinson State College. He would then transfer to

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, where he would get his Bachelor in Science in

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. He started his

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career in 1977 and ended it in 2013. After leaving his news broadcasting career, he worked in the fundraising and development field. Then, he got a job at ProSource, a recruiting team in Fargo.

References

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