Bill Frazier | |
State Senate: | Indiana |
District: | 14 |
Term Start: | November 19, 1968 |
Term End: | November 17, 1970 |
Predecessor: | Vincent Pittenger |
Successor: | Don Park |
Birth Date: | 8 November 1936 |
Birth Place: | Muncie, Indiana, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
Spouse: | Joan (d. 2023) |
Children: | 6 (2 deceased) |
Education: | Ball State University |
Bill Frazier (born November 8, 1936) is an American farmer and politician from the state of Indiana. A member of the Republican Party, he represented the 14th district in the Indiana Senate from 1968 to 1970.
Frazier was elected to the Indiana Senate in a 1968 special election held after the death of Republican incumbent Vincent Pittenger.[1] Frazier won by a 54% to 46% margin, defeating Democratic former state senator Von Eichhorn. He ran for a full term in 1970, but lost to Democrat Don Park.[2] Over the next 30 years, Frazier ran for office numerous times, including campaigns for state senate and U.S. House in three different congressional districts.[2]
In 2000, Frazier campaigned for the 2nd congressional district as an independent, hoping to fill the seat left open by Republican David McIntosh's retirement. Frazier spent $300,000 of his own money on the campaign, running ads critical of the North American Free Trade Agreement. He received 10% of the vote compared to 39% for Democrat Robert Rock and 51% for the winner, talk radio host (and future governor and vice president) Mike Pence.[3] When Pence ran for governor in 2012, Frazier again ran for his seat, now numbered as the 6th district.[4] He finished fourth in the primary, taking 10% of the vote as the primary was won by Luke Messer.[2] In January 2024, Frazier filed to run for the district once again. The seat is open due to the retirement of Republican incumbent Greg Pence, brother of Mike Pence.[5]
Frazier lives in Muncie. He is a farmer and formerly operated a mobile home park.[3]