LEGISLATIVE · TX · 2009-2019
Joe Straus
Speaker · House · Republican · Texas
Background
Texas's Speaker · House 2009–2019: Joe Straus — 10-year tenure. Took office after Tom Craddick; succeeded by Dennis Bonnen. Same-year political environment (2009): Governor Rick Perry; Attorney General Greg Abbott; Secretary of State Hope Andrade.
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Others who held this office in Texas
- Dustin Burrows (2025-present)
- Dade Phelan (2021-2025)
- Dennis Bonnen (2019-2021)
- Tom Craddick (2003-2009)
- Pete Laney (1993-2003)