Dwight Fullingim (D)

About The Candidate

Education

    Texas Tech University, BA

Dwight Fullingim was born in Memphis and lives in Lubbock. He received a bachelor's degree from Texas Tech University in 1966.

He served two years as an officer in the U.S. Army, spending one year in Korea.

His worked for Random House/Alfred A. Knopf publishing firm in New York before taking a job in collegiate public relations in the Houston area.

He then became a communications executive employed by energy and oilfield service firms in Houston and Dallas, followed by a 15-year career with Aramco in Saudi Arabia.

He was a registered lobbyist with both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate in the 1980s with the energy industry.

Currently he is a public affairs consultant for Fleischman-Hilliard. Fullingim also helps nonprofit groups with communications needs.

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