Strauß wuxuu khilaafka u qaatay bar bilow ah si uu u qiimeeyo fursadaha ballaarinta CSU ee heer federaal, sida liisaska doorashooyinka ee gobollada North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Hamburg, iyo Bremen. Wuxuu rajeynayay inuu ka soo jiito codbixiyayaasha garabka midig ee FDP ee CSU wuxuuna aaday inuu kulamo gaar ah la yeesho warshadaha ee North Rhine-Westphalia.
wasiir-madaxwaynaha gobolka Rhineland-Palatinate