The five-term lawmaker who dropped his bid for a third term as speaker says he was right to impeach Ken Paxton and not twist arms on school vouchers.
AUSTIN, Texas — he Texas State Legislature ... allowed to set the agenda." The previous House Speaker, Rep. Dade Phelan, chose to drop his bid for another term after other Republican leaders ...
David Cook, R-Mansfield, after winning the vote for the next House speaker ... to keep those members off the ballot altogether. Shortly after Burrows’ election, Republican Party of Texas Chair ...
The Texas House on Tuesday elected state Rep ... backed by Paxton and other top Republicans, but dropped his bid to hold on to the Speaker’s gavel last month amid the simmering tensions.
Speaker Dustin Burrows’ (R-Lubbock) bid for the top post in the Texas House of Representatives proved successful on Jan. 14, the first day of the legislature’s biennial regular session.
By Ja'han Jones Far-right conservatives took a loss in Tuesday’s vote for speaker of Texas’ House of Representatives ... withdrew his bid to remain speaker after leading the impeachment ...
Burrows entered the race around the same time, challenging Cook, who announced his bid for speaker in September. Cook is backed by a group of candidates who are seeking reforms to the Texas House ...
Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) was elected to be Texas' 77th Speaker of the House on Tuesday. Burrows, an ally of former House Speaker Dade Phelan, was backed by both Republicans and Democrats in his bid ...
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. After he was elected speaker of the ...
The Texas House ... the Texas House of fellow Republicans who have defied them. Phelan survived a bruising primary challenge in 2024 from a candidate backed by Paxton and other top Republicans, but ...
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