Texas, House and Speaker

Will Texas House Republicans pay for supporting Dustin Burrows for speaker?
The election of Rep. Dustin Burrows as Texas House speaker with help from Democrats has many Republicans crying foul. Republican grassroots activists have made stripping Democrats’ political influence a central part of the reforms they are pushing for the House.
Dustin Burrows's Election As Texas House Speaker Sparks MAGA Anger
Texas GOP Representative-elect Shelley Luther wrote on X: "Today, the RINO (anti-MAGA) Establishment laughed in the faces of our Republican grassroots. They chose Democrat chairs and Lobbyist buddies over their voters. I look forward to seeing if they're still laughing after the next round of primaries. The fight starts today."
Texas state House elects moderate Republican as speaker despite conservative objections
Texas state Rep. David Cook was voted the state GOP’s nominee for House speaker in December, but state Rep. Dustin Burrows won the speakership in an 85-55 vote on Tuesday with the help of the chamber's Democrats.
Dustin Burrows elected as Texas Speaker of the House. Here's what it means
As the new House Speaker Rep. Burrows (R-Lubbock) will have a critical role in deciding the legislative priorities during the new session.
Texas House elects new Speaker in blow to far-right wing
The Texas House on Tuesday elected state Rep. Dustin Burrows (R) to lead the chamber in a blow to the rising far-right wing of the party, defeating a candidate supported by Texas Attorney General
Texas House elects new speaker as 89th legislative session begins
An exciting and dramatic first day of the Texas legislative session is in the books. The House of Representatives elected a new speaker, but he wasn't the candidate with his party's official backing.
Burrows secures speaker position amid GOP division in Texas House
The speaker election ends a multi-month fight within the Texas Republican Party that began last legislative session.
State of Texas: Paxton and GOP ramp up pressure to influence vote for Texas House Speaker
The start of the legislative session on Tuesday should bring the resolution of a contentious battle for power in the Texas House of Representatives. Lawmakers in the chamber will vote to choose the next House Speaker,
Texas House elects Rep. Dustin Burrows as speaker
Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clenched the speakership of the Texas House on Tuesday in the culmination of an unusually long and unusually public mudfight for the role.
Texas has a powerful new House speaker in a blow to the GOP's hard right
Instead, new House Speaker Dustin Burrows won the job with the support of Democrats, who favored him over a challenger backed by the GOP’s emboldened right.
Establishment Republican Burrows bests MAGA-friendly Cook for Texas House speakership
The Republican establishment wing of the Texas House won out as state Rep. Dustin Burrows grabbed the chamber’s speakership in a highly contested vote. Burrows beat out the MAGA-favored state Rep. David Cook by a margin of 85-55 with the help of 49 Democrats and 36 Republicans.
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Texas GOP chair denies church-state separation as lawmakers, pastors prep for ‘spiritual battle’
Abraham George’s comments are the latest sign of the state GOP’s embrace of fundamentalist ideologies that seek to center ...
Old-Guard Republican Picked to Lead Texas House in Setback for Hard Right
The vote suggested that a period of political warfare between G.O.P. factions would continue to shape lawmaking in the state.
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Greg Abbott appoints Democrat-turned-Republican Rep. Shawn Thierry to Texas’ juvenile justice board
Thierry, from Houston, became a Republican cause celebré for breaking with Democrats over her views on transgender rights.
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Texas House to pick new speaker, concluding brutal proxy war
The new speaker will have a dramatic impact on the direction of this year’s lawmaking — and potentially the future of the ...