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June 26, 2015      4:27 PM

Keffer on retirement: It was just time and not because of any electoral threat

"I think hot seats in hell are reserved for people who knowingly mislead people for their own gain," Keffer said of groups like Empower Texans

Retiring Texas House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Keffer, R-Eastland, pulled no punches this week during a live radio interview when he was asked about the just-released Empower Texans rankings of legislators funded by Midland oilman Tim Dunn. Keffer also said his planned exit from politics is not because of any fear that he might not be able to win reelection if that’s the path he had chosen to pursue.

“It’s all a sham,” Keffer said of the Empower Texans rankings while he was on West Texas Drive radio show in Lubbock.

“There’s no way to get around it,” Keffer said, adding that the group directed by Dunn’s spokesman Michael Quinn Sullivan favors those who opposed Speaker Joe Straus, plain and simple. "Everybody else is obviously going to be down in failing grades and poor grades," he said.

By Scott Braddock