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(2) As state [[Republican Party|Republican]] chairman from 1983 to 1988, Strake worked to elect [[William Phillip Gramm|Phil Gramm]] to the [[United States Senate]] in 1984 and to return his mentor, [[Bill Clements]], to the governorship in the 1986 [[general election]] against Democrat [[Mark White]].<br>

(2) As state [[Republican Party|Republican]] chairman from 1983 to 1988, Strake worked to elect [[William Phillip Gramm|Phil Gramm]] to the [[United States Senate]] in 1984 and to return his mentor, [[Bill Clements]], to the governorship in the 1986 [[general election]] against Democrat [[Mark White]].<br>

(3) A [[Roman Catholic]], Strake was honored in 1982 with an honorary degree from [[Houston Baptist University]] in his native [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] and an honorary degree from University of St. Thomas in Houston in 2006.

(3) A [[Roman Catholic]], Strake was honored in 1982 with an honorary degree from Houston Baptist University in his native [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] and an honorary degree from University of St. Thomas in Houston in 2006.

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'''George William Strake, Jr.''' (born June 10, 1935), is a [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], [[business]]man and philanthropist who served as Texas secretary of state from January 16, 1979 to October 6, 1981, during the administration of [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Governor]] [[Bill Clements]]] He left the secretary of state’s position to begin fund raising for his 1982 race as the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, a powerful position in Texas by virtue of being the presiding officer of the state Senate. Strake was defeated by the then 10-year [[incumbent]], [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]William Pettus "Bll" Hobby, Jr., also a Houston businessman. From 1983 to 1988, Strake was the Texas Republican state chairman.

'''George William Strake, Jr.''' (born June 10, 1935), is a [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], [[business]]man and philanthropist who served as Texas secretary of state from January 16, 1979 to October 6, 1981, during the administration of [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Governor]] [[Bill Clements]]. He left the secretary of state’s position to begin fund raising for his 1982 race as the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, a powerful position in Texas because the lieutenant governor is the presiding officer of the state Senate. Strake was defeated by the then 10-year [[incumbent]], [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]William Pettus "Bll" Hobby, Jr., also a Houston businessman. From 1983 to 1988, Strake was the Texas Republican state chairman.

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