AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Republican speaker of the Texas House abandoned efforts Friday to keep his powerful post in the face of unrelenting pressure from the party's hard right and anger over ...

The threshold drops to ... members of the Texas House will vote on a speaker. The first candidate to 76 votes wins, with representatives from both parties voting. Phelan’s bid for a third ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Republican speaker of the Texas House abandoned efforts Friday to keep his powerful post in the face of unrelenting pressure from the party’s hard right and anger over the ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The speaker of the Texas House has dropped efforts to keep his powerful post following a bruising ... said Friday he was ending his bid to serve another term as speaker ...