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'''Joe Straus''' is a [[centrist]] [[Republican]] state Representative from [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]]. He has been Speaker of the Texas State House of Representatives since January 13, 2009 and a state Representative since January 2005. His voting record has included support of [[pro-choice]] interests and opposition to [[free enterprise]] economics<ref>http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=49917</ref>.
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'''Joe Straus''' is a [[centrist]] [[Republican]] state representative from [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], who has been Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives since January 13, 2009. He was initially elected to the House in a [[special election]] held early in 2005 to succeed Elizabeth Ames Jones, who resigned to join the [[Texas Railroad Commission]]. Straus, a youthful admirer of the late [[U.S. Senator]] [[John G. Tower]], has like Tower supported [[pro-choice]] interests. His critics claim he has also undermined [[free enterprise]] economics.<ref>http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=49917</ref>
To win the peakership, Straus, armed with [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] backing, defeated 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, defeated 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.
In the final weeks of 2010, a movement developed among some [[conservative]] Republican citizens and political figures in Texas to replace Straus as Speaker. State Republican Executive Committee member [[John Cook]] wrote in an [[E-mail|e-mail]] to a colleague: "We elected a house with [[Christian]], conservative values. We now want a true Christian, conservative running it." The dissident conservatives stressed that their opposition to Straus is not because the Speaker is [[Jewish]], but that the Speaker should have [[pro-life]], pro-family values.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/09/christian-conservative-replace-jewish-speaker-texan-pols-say/</ref>.
In the final weeks of 2010, a movement developed among some [[conservative]] Republican citizens and political figures to replace Straus as Speaker. State Republican Executive Committee member [[John Cook]] wrote in an [[E-mail|e-mail]] to a colleague: "We elected a house with [[Christian]], conservative values. We now want a true Christian, conservative running it." The dissident conservatives stressed that their opposition to Straus is not because the Speaker is [[Jewish]], but that the Speaker should have [[pro-life]], pro-family values.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/09/christian-conservative-replace-jewish-speaker-texan-pols-say/</ref>.
On January 11, 2011, the Texas House nevertheless reelected Speaker Straus, 132-15. The dissenters, including [[Bryan Hughes]] of Mineola, Texas, are known by [[Tea Party]] activists as the "Texas 15."<ref>http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/01/tea-party-adherents-hail-the-t.html</ref>
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