Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clinched the Texas House speakership Tuesday in the culmination of an unusually long and unusually public mudfight for the role.

Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has hinted at a possible run, has more support than the four-term senator among Republicans, ...

The Texas House kicked off the 2025 session by electing an establishment Republican to lead the chamber, drawing criticism ...

After weeks of infighting among Texas ... a Republican from Beaumont. There were two rounds of voting in the House on Tuesday. Burrows bested challenger David Cook (R-Mansfield) in the runoff ...

In a runoff ballot, Burrows won the votes of 36 Republicans ... The election was a blow to GOP grassroots activists in Texas, who had launched a campaign attacking Burrows and his supporters ...

Burrow was selected as the next Texas House Speaker over Reps. David Cook, R-Mansfield and Rep. Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos, D-Dallas. Ramos was eliminated in the first runoff. As speaker ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is weighing a primary challenge to Sen. John Cornyn (R) in what could be the next ...

who was backed by many Republicans in and out of the Texas House. Cook won support from the House GOP caucus last month. On Tuesday, Burrows received 85 votes while Cook won 55 votes. Voting ...

A push by Texas' hard ... amid a Republican feud accelerated by the historic impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton. Instead, new House Speaker Dustin Burrows won the job with the support ...

Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, addresses the Texas House as the new speaker during ... Burrows had 71 votes and Cook 56, setting up a two-way runoff won by Burrows. Having more Democratic support ...

The speaker election ends a multi-month fight within the Texas Republican Party that began ... Though Phelan survived a primary election runoff in November of last year, he ultimately chose ...

After weeks of infighting among Texas House Republicans over who would lead their chamber this legislative session, Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock has won the ... in the runoff, where Cook ...