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==Background==
==Background==
An [[Eagle Scout]], Farabee graduated from Wichita Falls High School and then obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls. He and his wife, the former Terri Nan Salmon, have three children, Worth, Nancy, and Russell R. Farabee. He is affiliated with the [[United Methodist]] Church. He is a former president of the Wichita Falls Optimist Club.<ref name=vsmart>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=25518|title=Rep. David Farabee (Texas)|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=January 17, 2020}}</ref>
An [[Eagle Scout]], Farabee graduated from Wichita Falls High School and then obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls. He and his wife, the former Terri Nan Salmon, have three children, Worth, Nancy, and Russell R. Farabee. He is affiliated with the [[United Methodist]] Church. He is a former president of the Wichita Falls Optimist Club.<ref name=vsmart>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=25518|title=Rep. David Farabee (Texas)|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=January 17, 2020}}</ref>
His late mother, [[Helen Farabee]], is the namesake of the state mental health facility in Wichita Falls, Graham in Young County and Quanah in Hardeman County. The senior Farabee left the state Senate after thirteen years to become general counsel for the [[University of Texas]] System.<ref name=farabee/> Farabee's father-in-law, Bill Presson, is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] commissioner in Wichita County.<ref name=wichita>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidfarabee.com/news/2009/09/16/our-opinion-farabee-its-the-man-not-the-party/#more-330|title=Our opinion: Farabee: "It's the man, not the party|date=September 16, 2009|publisher=''Wichita Falls Record News'' in davidfarabee.com|accessdate=November 27, 2009}}</ref> When Democratic state legislators known as the Killer D's fled to Ardmore, [[Oklahoma]] in 2003 to prevent a House [[quorum]] regarding congressional [[redistricting]], many of Farabee's constituents were said to have been particularly aware for perhaps the first time that he is a Democrat.<ref name=wichita/>
His late mother, [[Helen Farabee]], is the namesake of the state mental health facility in Wichita Falls, Graham in Young County and Quanah in Hardeman County. The senior Farabee left the state Senate after thirteen years to become general counsel for the [[University of Texas]] System.<ref name=farabee/> Farabee's father-in-law, Bill Presson, is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] commissioner in Wichita County.<ref name=wichita>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidfarabee.com/news/2009/09/16/our-opinion-farabee-its-the-man-not-the-party/#more-330|title=Our opinion: Farabee: "It's the man, not the party|date=September 16, 2009|publisher=''Wichita Falls Record News'' in davidfarabee.com|accessdate=November 27, 2009}}</ref> When Democratic state legislators known as the Killer D's fled to Ardmore, [[Oklahoma]] in 2003 to prevent a House [[quorum]] regarding congressional [[redistricting]], many of Farabee's constituents were said to have been particularly aware for perhaps the first time that he is a Democrat.<ref name=wichita/>