A bipartisan coalition elected Dustin Burrows as House Speaker. The Lubbock Republican defeated Mansfield Rep. David Cook.

Democrats’ path to 270 Electoral College votes, the minimum needed to win the White House, will get much steeper.

Representative Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos cast her ballot in favor of David Cook for Texas House Speaker after losing the race ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who heads the Texas Senate, opposed Burrows’ run for Speaker. He has since released a statement saying ...

The unusually public battle to helm the Texas House divided both Democratic and Republican lawmakers between Rep. Dustin ...

With the election of Dustin Burrows to House Speaker, Democrats are hoping to hang on to a few committee chairs.

The new speaker’s power over the budget and committee assignments is expected to bolster established Republican leaders and ...

As the new House Speaker Rep. Burrows (R-Lubbock) will have a critical role in deciding the legislative priorities during the ...

Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clinched the Texas House speakership Tuesday with 85 votes in the 150-member ...

Texas GOP Representative-elect Shelley Luther wrote on X: "Today, the RINO (anti-MAGA) Establishment laughed in the faces of ...

State Rep. Dustin 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.