Craddick: “I’m not running for speaker”
Former Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick turned into ordinary member says he feels completely at ease about the loss of his speakership to fellow Republican Joe Straus. And contrary to some speculation,...
View ArticleHouse speaker ready for another term
House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, formally filed his candidacy for re-election Wednesday as speaker because members have asked him about his future plans. State photo Speaker Joe Straus “Out of...
View ArticleVeteran Dem asks GOPers to avoid Washington politics
Veteran state Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, offered his assessment of his House GOP colleagues, who will Monday in an effort to nominate a speaker candidate. Incumbent Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, appears...
View ArticleThe First Word: Caucus
On this day -- a caucus will convene, a comptroller will speak, the sentencing phase of a very long trial will get underway, and the final countdown to the start of the next Legislative session will...
View ArticleStraus wins GOP caucus vote; has 70 Republican votes
Current Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, won a convincing victory in a GOP caucus meeting that many conservative activists saw as their best chance to beat him.
View ArticleThe First Word: Conviction
On this day - the session will begin; the Speaker's race will end; the political ramifications of quantifying the budget crisis; and the Hammer gets time in the slammer.
View ArticleChisum endorses Straus for Speaker
Rep. Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, who was challenging Rep. Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, in the House Speaker’s race, has announced he’s endorsing the incumbent for re-election. The development comes just...
View ArticleTea Partiers disappointed, not disappearing
Crowds of Tea Party activists gathered inside and outside of the Capitol to protest the re-election of Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, Monday.
View ArticleThe First Word: Finality
On this day - all is quiet on the western front, the eastern front takes up a rules debate; the speaker's race comes to an end just as the budget fight starts to begin.
View ArticleHouse speaker candidate campaigning like it’s 2013
Rep. Bryan Hughes, a Mineola Republican who plans to challenge House Speaker Joe Straus for the chamber’s top job, has a booth at the state convention with campaign handouts for the race, and his...
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