Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Strake had success in both business and politics though he lost the high-profile 1982 race for Texas lieutenant governor to the incumbent Bill Hobby As state Republican chairman from 1983-1988, Strake worked to elect Phil Gramm to the United States Senate in 1984 and to return his mentor, Bill Clements, to the governorship in the 1986 general election against Mark White. A devout Roman Catholic, Strake was honored in 1982 with an honorary degree from Houston Baptist University in his native Houston and an honorary degree from University of St. Thomas, Houston in 2006.. }
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- George_Strake,_Jr. footnotes "Strake had success in both business and politics though he lost the high-profile 1982 race for Texas lieutenant governor to the incumbent Bill Hobby As state Republican chairman from 1983-1988, Strake worked to elect Phil Gramm to the United States Senate in 1984 and to return his mentor, Bill Clements, to the governorship in the 1986 general election against Mark White. A devout Roman Catholic, Strake was honored in 1982 with an honorary degree from Houston Baptist University in his native Houston and an honorary degree from University of St. Thomas, Houston in 2006.".