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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 | + | '''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. | ||
Revision as of 02:54, September 28, 2017
| Joseph Richard "Joe" Straus, III | |
Texas State Representative for District 121 (Bexar County)
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Elizabeth Ames Jones |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Russell "Tom" Craddick |
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| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Julie Brink Straus |
| Religion | Judaism |
Joseph R. "Joe" Straus, III (born September 1, 1959), is a centrist 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.[1]
To win the Speakership, Straus, armed with 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.
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 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.[2]
On January 11, 2011, the Texas House nevertheless reelected Speaker Straus, 132-15. The dissenters, including Bryan Hughes of Mineola, Warren Chisum of Pampa, and Ken Paxton of McKinney, Texas (later the Texas attorney general), have been termed by Tea Party activists as the "Texas 15."[3]
No opponent has yet declared intentions to oppose Straus in the Republican scheduled for March 6, 2018. If Straus remains in the House, he will face an announced challenge for Speaker in 2019 from state Representative Phillip Stephen "Phil" King of Weatherford in Parker County. King has been a House member six years longer than Straus.[4]
References
- ↑ http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=49917
- ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/09/christian-conservative-replace-jewish-speaker-texan-pols-say/
- ↑ http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/01/tea-party-adherents-hail-the-t.html
- ↑ Gromer Jeffers, Jr. (September 22, 2017). Weatherford lawmaker Phil King announces bid for Texas House Speaker. Dallas Morning News. Retrieved on September 27, 2017.