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George Lavender represents Texas House District 1, which includes Franklin, Lamar, Red River and Bowie counties. According to his Texas House of Representatives biography, Lavender is a Texarkana native and businessman, a partner with Ellco Distributing who works in commercial real estate and was elected to the House in November 2010.
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