Straus Lead Mounts, Adds Three More Supporters

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9:23 PM Sun, Jan 04, 2009 | Permalink
Elise Hu

State Rep Joe Straus needs only 76 votes to be speaker, but now he has 88 committed supporters. He adds the following within the last hour:

Speaker Pro-Tem Sylvester Turner
Representative Ryan Guillen
Representative-Elect Angie Chen Button

1 Comments

newhufan said:

The rats from the sunken ship are trying to stay afloat... BTW, Good job today! You keep scooping everyone.



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