Lake Highlands resident Bill Keffer isn’t letting the fact that he lost this race last time stop him now.
The official press release from Keffer touts his "grassroots Republican" campaign and states that District 107 expects its representative to be "a leader on conservative issues." Keffer, who served in this seat from 2003-2006, will be trying to unseat Lakewood Heights resident and Democrat Allen Vaught, the newcomer to whom he lost during the November 2006 election.
Both men already are being lambasted by organizations on opposite ends of the political spectrum — Keffer for his supposed poor environmental record and Vaught for his alleged fiscal irresponsibility. Vaught likely won the last election by campaigning vehemently on public education issues, and some recent publicity about his military service in Iraq won’t hurt him. But Texas Monthly political writer Paul Burka identified him months ago as one of the 2008 election’s most vulnerable Democrats.
