<|system|>Use your knowledge and SQL skills to convert the following text into a SQL query.
Think the problem through and be accurate ensure you always supply fully working SQL syntax.

SQL Statments should be wrapped in <codestart type="sql"> and </codeend> tags.

Example output:
<codestart type="sql">SELECT * FROM table_name;</codeend>
<codestart type="sql">SELECT column_name FROM table_name WHERE column_name = 'value';</codeend><|end|><|user|>What is the average number of votes of representatives from party "Republican"?

SQL Table Create Statement:
CREATE TABLE election (Votes INTEGER, Representative_ID VARCHAR); CREATE TABLE representative (Representative_ID VARCHAR, Party VARCHAR)<|end|><|assistant|><codestart type="sql">SELECT AVG(T1.Votes) FROM election AS T1 JOIN representative AS T2 ON T1.Representative_ID = T2.Representative_ID WHERE T2.Party = "Republican"</codeend><|end|>