Tom Craddick

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Tom Craddick is a long-serving Republican politician who became the first GOP Speaker of the Texas House in modern times and played a central role in the state’s early-2000s political realignment.

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instanceOf American politician
human
activeIn 21st-century American politics
Texas state politics NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
familyName Craddick NERFINISHED
givenName Tom NERFINISHED
hasRole presiding officer of a state legislative chamber
state legislator
ideology Republican Party platform in Texas NERFINISHED
influenced partisan balance of power in the Texas Legislature
knownFor leadership in Republican consolidation of power in Texas state government
long tenure in the Texas House of Representatives
legislativeBody Texas House of Representatives NERFINISHED
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party
name Tom Craddick NERFINISHED
notableFor being the first Republican Speaker of the Texas House in modern times
playing a central role in Texas’s early-2000s political realignment
occupation politician
officeContested Texas state legislative office
partyAffiliation Texas Republican Party NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment conservative
positionHeld Member of the Texas House of Representatives
Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives NERFINISHED
residence Texas
stateRepresented Texas NERFINISHED
workLocation Austin, Texas NERFINISHED

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