Rep. Joe Straus has more than two-thirds of the House supporting his bid for speaker. That's well beyond the 76 he needs, and now that John Smithee is out of the contest, it's likely Straus will be the only candidate when the legislative session starts next week.

The list:

Democrats (73): Alma Allen, Roberto Alonzo, Carol Alvarado, Rafael Anchia, Valinda Bolton, Lon Burnam, Joaquin Castro, Norma Chavez, Ellen Cohen, Garnet Coleman, Yvonne Davis, Joe Deshotel, Dawnna Dukes, Jim Dunnam, Al Edwards, Craig Eiland, Kirk England, Joe Farias, David Farabee, Jessica Farrar, Kino Flores, Stephen Frost, Pete Gallego, Helen Giddings, Veronica Gonzalez, Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles, Ryan Guillen, Roland Gutierrez, Joe Heflin, Ana Hernandez, Abel Herrero, Scott Hochberg, Terri Hodge, Mark Homer, Chuck Hopson, Donna Howard, Carol Kent, Tracy King, David Leibowitz, Eddie Lucio, Diana Maldonado, Barbara Mallory Caraway, Marisa Marquez, Armando Martinez, Trey Martinez Fischer, Ruth Jones McClendon, Jim McReynolds, Jose Menendez, Robert Miklos, Joe Moody, Elliott Naishtat, Rene Oliveira, Dora Olivo, Solomon Ortiz, Aaron Pena, Joe Pickett, Paula Pierson, Chente Quintanilla, Richard Raymond, Tara Rios Ybarra, Allan Ritter, Eddie Rodriguez, Patrick Rose, Mark Strama, Kristi Thibaut, Senfronia Thompson, Chris Turner, Sylvester Turner, Allen Vaught, Marc Veasey, Mike Villarreal, Hubert Vo, Armando Walle.

Republicans (30): Dan Branch, Angie Chen Button, Byron Cook, Drew Darby, John Davis, Joe Driver, Rob Eissler, Gary Elkins, Charlie Geren, Mike "Tuffy" Hamilton, Patricia Harless, Harvey Hildebran, Todd Hunter, Delwin Jones, Jim Keffer, Edmund Kuempel, Jerry Madden, Brian McCall, Tommy Merritt, Doug Miller, Sid Miller, Rob Orr, John Otto, Diane Patrick, Larry Phillips, Jim Pitts, Todd Smith, Wayne Smith, Burt Solomons, Joe Straus.