TYLER \u2013 The race for District 6 in the Texas House has become contested. Tylerite Matt Schaefer announced yesterday he will run in the Republican primary for the post now held by Leo Berman of Tyler. Schaefer said his campaign will be aimed at the core functions of Texas government. He says, \u201cWe have to get better at the basics.\u201d Schaefer went on to say, \u201cLike Washington, there is always a strong tendency in Austin to do more and take more, as in more regulations and more taxes. I believe Austin should do less and take less.\u201d<\/p>\n
Schaefer made his announcement at Stewart\u2019s Donnybrook Automotive. \u201cWhen I think about whether or not to pass a new law, I\u2019m going to think about the Stewart family business. Will the Stewarts have less freedom under this law? Will their jobs be harder? Will they have to pay more taxes? The answers to these questions will be very important to me,\u201d Schaefer said.<\/p>\n
Schaefer is a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy Reserve and recently returned from a tour in western Afghanistan. He is currently the East Texas Regional Director for U.S. Senator John Cornyn, but will resign from that position to focus on the election and to pursue private business interests. Schaefer has a law degree and has prior legislative experience working as a policy advisor to the chairman of the Sunset Commission during the 81st Legislative Session. He is married to Jasilyn Schaefer, who directs the Tyler Jr. College Apache Belles. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TYLER \u2013 The race for District 6 in the Texas House has become contested. Tylerite Matt Schaefer announced yesterday he will run in the Republican primary for the post now held by Leo Berman of Tyler. Schaefer said his campaign will be aimed at the core functions of Texas government. He says, \u201cWe have to … Continue reading Schaefer to Run For the Texas House<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 18:03:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107234"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107541,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107234\/revisions\/107541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}