Days after the Texas House GOP caucus backed Cook, Abbott made clear that he expects Republican representatives to do the ...

Days after the Texas House GOP caucus backed Cook, Abbott made clear that he expects Republican representatives to do the ...

An acrimonious race for Speaker of the Texas House is splitting the state GOP — and forcing a confrontation between the ...

Even though state Rep. Dustin Burrows is touting himself as "speaker-elect," he has yet to definitively demonstrate he has ...

Dan Patrick and Ken Paxton want House speaker candidates Dustin Burrows or David Cook to ram through their priorities, ...

Two Texas House Republicans insisted on Monday they had the support needed to be elected as the chamber's new speaker as ...

Dustin Burrows of Lubbock and David Cook of Mansfield both say they're confident they'll become Texas House Speaker when all ...

A conversation with political analyst and South Plains College professor Drew Landry about the history in the making for the ...

In the long-running war inside the Texas G.O.P., Dade Phelan survived a primary against a Trump-backed novice. But his ...

Burrows claims the support of a coalition of Republicans and Democrats, while Cook has the endorsement of the GOP caucus.

The current House speaker, Rep. Dade Phelan, a Beaumont Republican, announced he was exiting the race on Friday, Dec. 6.

The speaker of the Texas House has dropped efforts to keep his powerful post following a bruising year of criticism from the ...