https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0GO5da2l3k

House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, highlights some of the Texas Legislature’s work from the 2013 session in his first TV ad of the year. In the 30-second ad, Straus highlights his work on a water infrastructure measure that voters approved last year and ending last year’s legislative work with a “record amount in the Rainy Day Fund.”   

As in 2012, Straus is facing Matt Beebe in the Republican primary.

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Aman Batheja was a political reporter and editor for the Tribune from 2012 to 2019. Previously he worked for eight years at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, most of that time covering state and local politics....