AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Texas House Speaker Joe Straus says he has enough support for another term and believes the race for speaker is over.
Straus, a moderate Republican from San Antonio, has released the names of 122 lawmakers who he says have pledged him their vote for speaker.
He is being challenged by Rep. Warren Chisum, a more conservative Republican, who said Wednesday that the race is not over.
Straus says he feels “very good about the support I have fromthe Republican caucus” with pledges of support from 79 of the 99 elected Republicans.
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