STRAUS RELEASES PLEDGE LIST: Majority Of Support Comes From D’s
By Vince Leibowitz on Jan 4, 2009 in 2009 Speaker's Race ![[Post to Twitter]](/wp-content/plugins/tweet-this/icons/tt-twitter.png){kind=icon}
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State Rep. Joe Straus (R-San Antonio) has released his list of 80 pledges, comprised mostly of pledges from Democrats.
More than half of Straus’ Republican support comes from announced candidates for Speaker.
We’ve added an (*) to highlight former “Craddick D’s”; a (^) indicates current or former Speaker candidates:
Dan Branch
Byron Cook^
Rob Eissler
Gary Elkins
Charlie Geren
Delwin Jones^
Jim Keffer^
Edmund Kuempel^
Brian McCall^
Tommy Merritt^
Doug Miller
Jim Pitts (^ in 07)
Burt Solomons^
Todd Smith
Joe Straus^
Democrats
Alma Allen
Roberto Alonzo
Carol Alvarado
Rafael Anchia
Valinda Bolton
Lon Burnam
Joaquin Castro
Norma Chavez*
Ellen Cohen
Garnet Coleman
Yvonne Davis
Joe Deshotel*
Dawnna Dukes*
Jim Dunnam
Craig Eiland
Kirk England
Joe Farias
David Farabee
Jessica Farrar
Kino Flores*
Stephen Frost
Pete Gallego^
Helen Giddings*
Veronica Gonzalez
Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles
Roland Gutierrez
Joe Heflin
Ana Hernandez
Abel Herrero
Scott Hochberg
Terri Hodge
Mark Homer
Chuck Hopson
Donna Howard
Carol Kent
Tracy King*
David Leibowitz
Eddie Lucio*
Diana Maldonado
Barbara Mallory Caraway
Marisa Marquez*
Armando Martinez
Trey Martinez Fischer
Ruth Jones McClendon*
Jim McReynolds
Jose Menendez
Robert Miklos
Joe Moody
Elliott Naishtat
Rene Oliveira
Dora Olivo
Solomon Ortiz
Aaron Pena*
Joe Pickett
Paula Pierson
Chente Quintanilla
Richard Raymond
Tara Rios Ybarra*
Allan Ritter
Eddie Rodriguez
Patrick Rose*
Mark Strama
Kristi Thibaut
Senfronia Thompson^
Chris Turner
Allen Vaught
Marc Veasey
Mike Villarreal
Hubert Vo
Armando Walle
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