Incumbent Beck Battles School Board President in HD-57

LUFKIN — During her first run for the state House in 2010, Marva Beck said a consultant told her to get rid of her Mini Cooper and buy a truck to drive around her rural Texas district.

Instead, she outfitted the little yellow car for the campaign, with large, black lettering on the side announcing her as “Marva Beck, A True Texas Conservative Republican.”

“I told my consultant, this is going to be my campaign slogan: ‘See the little yellow car, you'll know that Marva's here,’” said Beck, of Centerville.

That year, she knocked off state Rep. Jim Dunnam ...

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