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Religion: Baptist — member of Sylvannah Baptist Church (8400 Courthouse Rd, Spotsylvania; pastored by Dennis A. Woodard, Sr.), an SBC-affiliated historically-Black Baptist congregation. Listed on her official county Salem District Supervisor bio.
Education: B.S. and Master of Education, South Carolina State University; M.A. in Administration & Supervision, Furman University; Doctorate (Ed.D./Ph.D.) in Administration and Educational Leadership, Walden University. Licensed Virginia K-12 superintendent.
Background: Born in South Carolina; Spotsylvania resident 20+ years. 35+ years as a public-school educator in Spotsylvania County Public Schools — longtime principal at Chancellor Middle School, currently Chief Academic Officer of SCPS. Wife, mother of three, grandmother. Serves on Rappahannock Area Office on Youth, Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission (PRTC), Virginia Railway Express (VRE) Operations Board, and Spotsylvania Regional Hospital Board of Trustees. First African American and first Black woman ever elected to the Spotsylvania Board of Supervisors. Elected Nov 5, 2019, defeating two-term Republican incumbent Paul Trampe 2,371–2,130 (52.66%–47.32%); took office January 2020. Re-elected Nov 7, 2023 over Republican Roy Searles Jr. 66.36%–33.01%. Current term Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2027 — NOT on the Nov 2026 ballot.
[2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement] Roster verified: Spotsylvania County BoS, Salem District, took office Jan 2020 (Nov 2019 election), re-elected Nov 2023, current term ends Dec 31 2027 — NOT on Nov 2026 ballot. PARTY VERIFIED D via VPAP candidate page + 'Frazier for Spotsylvania County Supervisor Deborah' committee + Fredericksburg Free Press 'lone Democrat on the board' multiple references. RELIGION: Sylvannah Baptist Church (SBC-affiliated historically-Black Baptist; Pastor Dennis A. Woodard Sr.) listed on county bio — bare-membership signal absent additional deacon/board/Sunday-school-teaching roles; does NOT clear the Butler-Barlow / Goosman HIGH-BAR christian_liberty q0 standard absent invocation-delivery or lay-leadership documentation. EDUCATION: BS+MEd South Carolina State + MA Furman + EdD Walden + VA K-12 superintendent licensure. BACKGROUND: 35+ yr SCPS educator (Chancellor MS principal → Chief Academic Officer); first African American + first Black woman on Spotsy BoS. HARD TRUE self_defense q0 + q1 + refuse_state_overreach q4 (HETERODOX-D CATCH): voted YES on the Jan 28 2026 7-0 BoS resolution reaffirming Spotsylvania's 2A Sanctuary status, with an on-the-record supportive statement — Free Press reports she 'wanted to make it clear that she's supporting the resolution.' This is a striking heterodox-D signal — lone D on the board affirmatively backing a state-overreach refusal vote, parallel to no other D refinement in the VA local batch to date. HARD FALSE economic_stewardship q2 (CLEAN D-DIRECTION FALSE — pro-spending fault line): voted NO in the 4-3 April 2024 FY25 budget that adopted the 73.43¢ real-estate rate, because she wanted a HIGHER rate to fund schools more; later in the FY26 cycle she made a substitute motion to advertise the rate at 74¢ (only Yakabouski seconded). Consistent pro-spending lone-D fault line on the rubric q2 'balanced budgets without tax hikes' cell. NOT scored public_justice q0: no AFFIRMATIVE pro-police advocacy located — no FOP/PBA endorsement, no officer-plus-up motion, no back-the-blue proclamation sponsorship; per HIGH BAR convention default to NULL absent disqualifying quote (Free Press also reports she publicly criticized a Qualified-Immunity-for-public-employees resolution Feb 2026, but that does not affirmatively disqualify her on q0 without a clearer anti-LE quote). NOT scored sanctity_of_life / biblical_marriage / family_child_sovereignty / christian_liberty q0-q3 / election_integrity / border_immigration / self_defense q2-q4 — no quote-bearing positions located. The 2020 post-George-Floyd 'equality' proclamation Frazier praised was race/civil-rights-focused not LGBT-focused; biblical_marriage cells stay null absent a Pride/marriage vote. ABSTAINED Feb 2026 on redistricting-referendum protest letter + Jan 14 2026 data-center policy reversal (read prepared statement decrying being denied Vice Chair seat). OFFICE-STRING FIX applied. 3 TRUE / 1 FALSE on cited cells (sparse cell denominator); coherent center-left D Baptist-Black-educator BoS member whose distinctive features are the heterodox-D 2A sanctuary YES + clean pro-spending FY25 NO + 35-yr SCPS career. Recommend revisiting after any 2026-27 culture-issue BoS votes and her 2027 re-election cycle.
[2026-07-19 COA2] HARD: Sitting BOS during Jan 2026 2A sanctuary reaffirmation. (Free Press). self_defense q0/q1 TRUE; refuse_state_overreach q0/q4 TRUE.
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