{"id":282354,"date":"2013-11-09T17:17:12","date_gmt":"2013-11-09T23:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=282354"},"modified":"2013-11-10T16:50:15","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T22:50:15","slug":"senator-nichols-to-run-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=282354","title":{"rendered":"Senator Nichols to Run Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2013\/11\/Robert-Nichols3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2013\/11\/Robert-Nichols3.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Nichols3\" width=\"144\" height=\"143\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282355\" \/><\/a>JACKSONVILLE &#8212; Republican State Senator Robert Nichols of Jacksonville has announced his re-election bid for state senate district 3. His district covers 19 counties including the greater part of East Texas and Montgomery County. &#8220;Serving the people of Senate District 3 is a tremendous honor,&#8221; said Nichols. &#8220;I ask for their support so we can continue the work of making government smaller, more efficient and more accountable.\u201d <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Nichols was first elected in 2006 and has a strong conservative record focused on limited government and representing the district&#8217;s interests. He authored and passed legislation to reduce government spending, protect landowners, encourage free-markets, and reduce fraud. During his time with the Sunset Advisory Committee, he was able to help eliminate six state agencies which saved the tax payers $161.9 million. In his seven years in office Nichols has stayed faithful to the \u2018Texas Taxpayer Protection Pledge\u2019, which opposes any and all efforts to increase taxes. <\/p>\n<p>Nichols was named Chair of the Senate Transportation Committee during the 83rd Legislative Session, and is widely respected as one of the state\u2019s experts on transportation policy and for preserving local control of Texas roads. <\/p>\n<p>Nichols says his legislative agenda is driven by the interests of the citizens he represents. &#8220;The priorities of Senate District 3 are my priorities,&#8221; said Nichols. \u201cWhen people share their problems and concerns with us, we really do work to fix them.\u201d &#8220;I&#8217;ve done my best to serve the district, and I think my record speaks to the strong conservative values of the people I represent,&#8221; said Nichols. &#8220;It&#8217;s a privilege to ask for their vote.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSONVILLE &#8212; Republican State Senator Robert Nichols of Jacksonville has announced his re-election bid for state senate district 3. His district covers 19 counties including the greater part of East Texas and Montgomery County. &#8220;Serving the people of Senate District 3 is a tremendous honor,&#8221; said Nichols. &#8220;I ask for their support so we can &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=282354\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Senator Nichols to Run Again<\/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-282354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-09 09:59:33","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\/282354","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=282354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282356,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282354\/revisions\/282356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=282354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=282354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=282354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}