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Friday, June 05, 2009

Speaker Joe Straus lines up 116 house members for 2nd term


Joe Straus (photo)
Texas Speaker of the House

Just days after the end of the 81st Texas Legislative Session, Texas House Speaker Joe Straus announced he has support from the vast majority of House Members for his re-election as Speaker for a second term. "As of this morning we have received 98 signed pledge cards from colleagues reaffirming their commitment to re-elect me as their Speaker.

"I am humbled and honored to have received this overwhelming support. This is a clear indication that members of both parties can set aside their differences to work together to find solutions to critical issues facing our state. I look forward to building on this foundation and working with all of the members during the legislative interim."

Below is a list of supporters to date to include 7 Bexar County State Reps.

*Roberto Alonzo *Carol Alvarado *Rafael Anchia *Jimmie Don Aycock
*Dwayne Bohac *Valinda Bolton *Dennis Bonnen *Dan Branch
*Angie Chen Button * Joaquin Castro *Norma Chavez *Ellen Cohen
*Garnet Coleman *Byron Cook *Frank Corte, Jr. *Brandon Creighton
*Drew Darby *John Davis *Joseph "Joe" Deshotel *Dawnna Dukes
*Craig Eiland *Rob Eissler *Gary Elkins *Kirk England *Stephen Frost
*Pete Gallego *Charlie Geren *Veronica Gonzales *Ryan Guillen
*Roland Gutierrez *Mike "Tuffy" Hamilton *Richard "Rick" Hardcastle
*Linda Harper-Brown *Ana Hernandez *Abel Herrero *Scott Hochberg
*Mark Homer *Chuck Hopson *Bryan Hughes *Todd Hunter *Carl Isett
*Jim Jackson *Delwin Jones *James "Jim" Keffer *Carol Kent *Tracy King
*Tim Kleinschmidt *Lois Kolkhorst *Edmund Kuempel *Jodie Laubenberg
*Ken Legler *Eddie Lucio III *Jerry Madden *Marisa Marquez
Armando "Mando" Martinez *Brian McCall *Ruth Jones McClendon

*Jim McReynolds *Jose Menendez *Thomas "Tommy" Merritt *Robert Miklos *Doug Miller *Joseph Moody *Rene Oliveira *Rob Orr *Solomon Ortiz, Jr.
*John Otto *Tan Parker *Diane Patrick *Ken Paxton *Aaron Pena
*Larry Phillips *Joseph "Joe" Pickett *Paula Pierson *Jim Pitts
*Chente Quintanilla *Richard Pena Raymond *Allan Ritter *Eddie Rodriguez
*Patrick Rose *Ralph Sheffield *Mark Shelton *Todd Smith *Burt Solomons
*Mark Strama *Joe Straus *David Swinford *Kristi Thibaut *Senfronia Thompson *Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles *Vicki Truitt *Chris Turner *Allen Vaught *Marc Veasey *Michael "Mike" Villarreal
*Randy Weber *Tara Rios Ybarra *John Zerwas
8 more added since original post:
*Joe Driver *David Farabee *Jessica Farrar *Patricia Harless *Donna Howard *Sid Miller *John Smithee* Larry Taylor

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