Deb Wallace (born 1957) is a former American politician who served as a member of the

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from 2003 to 2011. She represented

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as a

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for four consecutive terms. While in the legislature, she served as chair of the House Committee on Higher Education. She ran in the 2010 election to represent

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in the

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, but dropped out of the race in February.

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