Burrows bested challenger David Cook (R-Mansfield) in a runoff vote on the first day of the Texas Legislature in Austin.

Obviously, Dan Patrick and Ken Paxton would rather have somebody run the House for their own selfish benefit. That’s why ...

That’s unacceptable to many Republicans, including Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. In the week before the start of the session, Paxton joined Texas Republican Party Chairman Abraham George ...

He and David Cook, R-Mansfield, are vying to be speaker of the Texas House.(Bob Daemmrich / Bob Daemmrich/CapitolPressPhoto) The so-called purists of the Texan Republican establishment are holding ...

After serving as President Dwight Eisenhower's right-hand man for eight years, Nixon faced an uphill battle to the presidency ...

Every legislative session, the 150-member Texas House of Representatives votes on which of them will take on the role of ...

The vote suggested that a period of political warfare between G.O.P. factions would continue to shape lawmaking in the state.

The Texas Capitol turned into a hotbed for Christian nationalists as faith leaders gathered inside and outside the statehouse — and called for an end to the separation of church and state.

Thierry, from Houston, became a Republican cause celebré for breaking with Democrats over her views on transgender rights.

The Texas GOP has been divided since the state House impeached Attorney General Ken Paxton, who was acquitted in the Senate.