Keffer was born in San Angelo in Tom Green County in West Texas.[2] A lifelong Republican, Keffer is a former Eastland County GOP chairman.[1] A graduate of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Keffer is president of EBAA Iron Sales in Eastland. Keffer previously served[when?] as chairman of the House Ways and Means and Economic Development Committee.
Keffer was initially elected to the Texas House in 1996, when he narrowly unseated the Democratic incumbent John R. Cook, 21,922 (50.6 percent) to 21,409 (49.4 percent).[3]
In 2010, he co-founded the "Debt Busters Program" for the Texas Republican Party, an endeavor that brought solvency to party coffers under the administration of GOP state chairman Steve Munisteri.
A group called the Texas Conservative Roundtable's grading system dubbed him a "Lone Star Conservative Leader" in 2012 because of his pro-business voting record.[4]
Keffer was reelected without opposition to a ninth House term in the general election held on November 6, 2012.[5]
As of 2013, he was the chairman of the House Committee on Energy Resources and a member of the Natural Resources and Redistricting committees.[2]
In the Republican primary on March 4, 2014, Keffer won re-nomination with 14,160 votes (56.3 percent) against his lone opponent, Cullen Crisp, who received 10,992 votes (43.7 percent).[6]
keffer, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, from, article, talk, page. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Jim Keffer news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2019 Learn how and when to remove this message James Lloyd Keffer born January 20 1953 is a businessman from Eastland Texas who is a former Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 60 which includes Eastland County located east of Abilene as well as Brown Callahan Coleman Shackelford Stephens Palo Pinto and Hood counties 1 James Lloyd Jim KefferMember of the Texas House of Representatives from the 60th districtIn office January 14 1997 January 9 2017Preceded byJohn R CookSucceeded byMike LangPersonal detailsBorn 1953 01 20 January 20 1953 age 71 San Angelo Tom Green CountyTexas United StatesPolitical partyRepublicanSpouseLeslie KefferChildren3ResidenceEastland TexasAlma materTexas Tech UniversityOccupationBusinessmanBiography editKeffer was born in San Angelo in Tom Green County in West Texas 2 A lifelong Republican Keffer is a former Eastland County GOP chairman 1 A graduate of Texas Tech University in Lubbock Keffer is president of EBAA Iron Sales in Eastland Keffer previously served when as chairman of the House Ways and Means and Economic Development Committee Keffer was initially elected to the Texas House in 1996 when he narrowly unseated the Democratic incumbent John R Cook 21 922 50 6 percent to 21 409 49 4 percent 3 In 2010 he co founded the Debt Busters Program for the Texas Republican Party an endeavor that brought solvency to party coffers under the administration of GOP state chairman Steve Munisteri A group called the Texas Conservative Roundtable s grading system dubbed him a Lone Star Conservative Leader in 2012 because of his pro business voting record 4 Keffer was reelected without opposition to a ninth House term in the general election held on November 6 2012 5 As of 2013 he was the chairman of the House Committee on Energy Resources and a member of the Natural Resources and Redistricting committees 2 In the Republican primary on March 4 2014 Keffer won re nomination with 14 160 votes 56 3 percent against his lone opponent Cullen Crisp who received 10 992 votes 43 7 percent 6 Keffer s younger brother William R Bill Keffer a Dallas lawyer who was born in Upton County in 1958 was from 2003 to 2007 a member of the Texas House from District 107 in the Lake Highlands section of northern Dallas County 7 Bill Keffer lost a Republican runoff election in District 114 on July 31 2012 to Jason Villalba References edit a b Texas House Member James L Jim Keffer Archived from the original on April 16 2016 a b Representative Jim Keffer s Biography votesmart org Retrieved September 26 2013 Texas general election returns November 5 1996 Texas Secretary of State Archived from the original on November 8 2006 Retrieved December 13 2012 2012 Scorecards Texas Conservative Roundtable Archived from the original on June 16 2012 Texas general election returns November 6 2012 Texas Secretary of State Archived from the original on November 8 2006 Retrieved December 13 2012 Republican primary election returns Texas Secretary of State Archived from the original on March 7 2014 Retrieved March 6 2014 Bill Keffer lr state tx us Retrieved September 25 2013 Texas House of Representatives Preceded byJohn R Cook Texas State Representative from District 60 Brown Callahan Coleman Eastland Hood Palo Pinto Shackelford and Stephens counties James Lloyd Jim Keffer 1997 2017 Succeeded byMike Lang Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jim Keffer amp oldid 1207873583, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
