NEW BOSTON, TEXAS—State Rep. Gary VanDeaver will seek re-election to the Texas House for District 1, which includes Bowie, Lamar, Franklin, and Red River counties. Since taking office in 2015, VanDeaver has served on the Appropriations Committee as a state budget writer and the Public Education Committee, where he worked to pass historic school finance reform into law.

VanDeaver’s re-election announcement was joined with an endorsement from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. “I am proud to endorse R...