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{{Officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Joseph Richard Straus III
|name=Joseph Richard "Joe" Straus, III
|image=
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|party=[[Republican]]
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|spouse=Julie Brink
|spouse=Julie Brink Straus
|religion=[[Judaism]]
|religion=[[Judaism]]
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1959|9|1}}
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1959|9|1}}
|offices=
|office=Texas State Representative for District 121 (Bexar County)
|term_start=January 2005
|term_end=
|preceded=Elizabeth Ames Jones
|offic2=Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
|term_start2=January 2009
|preceded2=Thomas Russell "Tom" Craddick
|awards=
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}}
'''Joseph R. "Joe" Straus, III''' (born September 1, 1959), is a [[centrist]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative from [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], who has been since January 2009 the [[Speaker]] of the Texas House of Representatives. He was initially elected to the House in a special election held in January 2005 to succeed [[Elizabeth Ames Jones]], who resigned to join the [[Texas Railroad Commission]]. A youthful admirer of the late [[U.S. Senator]] [[John G. Tower]], Straus has, like Tower, supported [[pro-choice]] interests. His critics claim that he has also undermined [[free enterprise]] economics.<ref>http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=49917</ref>
'''Joseph R. "Joe" Straus, III''' (born September 1, 1959), is a [[centrist]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative from [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], who has been since January 2009 the [[Speaker]] of the Texas House of Representatives. He was initially elected to the House in a special election held in January 2005 to succeed [[Elizabeth Ames Jones]], who resigned to join the [[Texas Railroad Commission]]. A youthful admirer of the late [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Tower]], Straus has, like Tower, supported [[pro-choice]] interests. His critics claim that he has also undermined [[free enterprise]] economics.<ref>http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=49917</ref>
To win the Speakership, Straus, armed with [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] backing, unseated fellow Republican [[Tom Craddick]] of Midland, Texas, the senior member of the state House and its first ever Republican Speaker, having served from 2003 to 2009.
To win the Speakership, Straus, armed with [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] backing, unseated fellow Republican [[Tom Craddick]] of Midland, Texas, the senior member of the state House and its first ever Republican Speaker, having served from 2003 to 2009.