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Fraser was featured in a January 2011 piece by the Texas Observer titled "Lifestyles of the Corrupt and Elected" that focused on the misuse and abuse of campaign funds. The article claimed that Fraser used campaign money donated by special interest groups to fund a lavish lifestyle, including high-end travel for him and his family to locations such as "Hawaii, San Francisco and Monterrey, CA, England, Spain, Russia, Germany, Puerto Rico, Panama and Costa Rica." The article said that while Fraser "hasn't faced a Democratic opponent since 1996" and didn't face any serious election competition, he "has amassed one of the largest campaign funds in the Legislature, nearly $1.3 million." Citing analysis by Austin's KXAN, the piece also stated that 97 percent of the funds Fraser raised from 2009 to 2011 were from special interest groups. "Since he was last elected in 2008, Fraser has spent more than $388,000 in campaign funds, most of it unrelated to any election," reported the Observer.
