{"id":282543,"date":"2013-11-12T14:27:36","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T20:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=282543"},"modified":"2013-11-13T14:16:24","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T20:16:24","slug":"simpson-announces-re-election-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=282543","title":{"rendered":"Simpson Announces Re-Election Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=282544\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-282544\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2013\/11\/thumb_David-Simpson.jpg\" alt=\"thumb_David-Simpson\" width=\"100\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282544\" \/><\/a>LONGVIEW &#8212; State Representative David Simpson (R-Longview) officially announced his campaign for re-election to the Texas House, District 7, with the support of a long list of prominent Republican party leaders and area elected officials.  &#8220;Representing the people of District 7 is a great privilege and responsibility,&#8221; said Simpson Tuesday. &#8220;If the people choose to elect me again, I pledge to continue working diligently to defend the life and liberty of our citizens, just as I have through the first two terms of office.&#8221; There&#8217;s no word on any opposition to Simpson in next year&#8217;s elections.   <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>In endorsing Simpson, Longview Mayor Pro Tem Gary Smith said, &#8220;The reason I will support David Simpson for Representative for District 7 is because of his dedication for Texas and Liberty. I believe David is approachable by all of his constituents inside and outside of the district in which he represents for questions pertaining to state and local issues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>State Republican Executive Committeewoman for northeast Texas, including House District 7, Sue Evenwel said of Simpson: &#8220;David Simpson has played a significant role in promoting true conservative values in Austin. He is a patriot and a servant leader who passionately advocates constitutional principles for all the people of Texas. Integrity and honesty are marks of his character and leadership.&#8221;   Ore City Mayor Glenn Breazeale also said of Simpson, &#8220;David has the kind of values that our government needs. He&#8217;s doing a good job for us and will continue to do a good job.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW &#8212; State Representative David Simpson (R-Longview) officially announced his campaign for re-election to the Texas House, District 7, with the support of a long list of prominent Republican party leaders and area elected officials. &#8220;Representing the people of District 7 is a great privilege and responsibility,&#8221; said Simpson Tuesday. &#8220;If the people choose to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=282543\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Simpson Announces Re-Election Bid<\/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-282543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-09 06:07:19","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\/282543","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=282543"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282546,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282543\/revisions\/282546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=282543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=282543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=282543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}