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Joe Straus
Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
In office January 13, 2009 – January 8, 2019
Preceded by
Tom Craddick
Succeeded by
Dennis Bonnen
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 121st district
In office February 10, 2005 – January 8, 2019
Preceded by
Elizabeth Ames Jones
Succeeded by
Steve Allison
Personal details
Born
Joseph Richard Straus III
(1959-09-01) September 1, 1959 (age 64) San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Julie Brink
Children
2
Education
Vanderbilt University (BA)
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Joseph Richard Straus III (born September 1, 1959) is an American politician who served as the speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019. A Republican, he represented District 121, which comprises northeastern Bexar County, including parts of San Antonio and several surrounding communities, from his first election to the House in 2005 until his retirement in 2019. He chose not to seek re-election to the state House in 2018.[1][2]
During his career in the state House, Straus was a moderate,[3] "business-friendly, country club Republican"[4] who sometimes clashed with the party's social conservative wing.[3] Toward the end of his five terms as speaker, Straus faced opposition from more conservative factions within the Texas Republican Party, led by Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, who regarded Straus as insufficiently conservative,[5][6] and another conservative group that spent millions of dollars in attempts to defeat Straus and allied state legislators in Republican primary elections.[5]
^Morris, Allie (October 25, 2017). "San Antonio's Joe Straus, Texas Speaker of the House, won't seek re-election". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
^Svitek, Patrick (Jan 27, 2018). "Texas Republican executive committee censures House Speaker Joe Straus". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved Jun 3, 2021.
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the position, have also called for reforms in the selection of judges. JoeStraus, the former Moderate Republican Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives...
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