Speaker Straus Reports $8.2 Million in Campaign Fund

Im honored to help lead the effort to build & protect GOP majorities." AUSTIN Texas (Texas Insider Report)  This is going to be a very good election cycle for Republicans and Im honored to help lead the effort to build and protect GOP majorities" said Speaker Joe Straus announcing that Texans for Joe Straus ended the first half of 2015 with more than $8 million on hand. The Texas House Speaker will run for re-election in Bexar County and help his Republican House colleagues spread their message across the state.    I am grateful for the support of Texans who believe in the constructive leadership the Texas House is working to provide said Straus. Straus ended the latest fundraising period with $8.2 million in the bank after raising $282000 in the final nine days of June.

My colleagues and I feel very good about the results we delivered in this years session and look forward to sharing those results with our fellow Texans said the Texas House leader.

Along with running for re-election in House District 121 Straus continues to lead the effort to protect Republicans sizable majority in the Texas House -- which has grown considerably during the Straus speakership. When Straus  became Speaker in 2009 Texas House Republicans held 76 out of 150 seats in the Texas House. They now hold 98 of those seats. Since becoming the Houses presiding officer in 2009 Straus has attended 100s of campaign events for his Republican colleagues. In addition his political committee has provided approximately $3.5 million in direct support to Texas Republican candidates and groups during that time. Straus is also working to elect Republican legislators in other states. This year he is the Vice Chair of the Republican Legislative Campaign Committee which works to elect Republicans in statehouses nationwide. He will serve as the groups chairman in 2016 putting him at the forefront of the effort to elect conservative leaders across the country.

The Texas House has an outstanding record. We have produced balanced budgets tax relief education reform and greater transparency in state government -- and we are going to proudly share those results in the months ahead" said the Texas House Speaker.

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