Days after the Texas House GOP caucus backed Cook, Abbott made clear that he expects Republican representatives to do the ...

Dan Patrick and Ken Paxton want House speaker candidates Dustin Burrows or David Cook to ram through their priorities, ...

What’s at stake, why the chamber’s Republicans are butting heads and why the speaker role matters so much in Texas.

Burrows claims the support of a coalition of Republicans and Democrats, while Cook has the endorsement of the GOP caucus.

Even though state Rep. Dustin Burrows is touting himself as "speaker-elect," he has yet to definitively demonstrate he has ...

The Texas House Speaker race tightens between Republicans Dustin Burrows and David Cook after Dade Phelan's withdrawal, with ...

Texas Republicans are squabbling over who they want as the next speaker of the Texas House. Two lawmakers both claim they ...

In a press conference Saturday afternoon, state Rep. Dustin Burrows said he has enough votes to claim the Speakership, ...

Republican David Cook of Mansfield was chosen to be the Texas GOP’s nominee for Speaker of the House Saturday, but it is Cook ...

The Lubbock County Republican Party may be put at odds with the state party, as it throws its weight behind Lubbock State ...

Days after the Texas House GOP caucus backed Cook, Abbott made clear that he expects Republican representatives to do the ...

"I stand firm with my conservative colleagues — my vote for speaker is with David Cook," McLaughlin said in a statement. "Any claim that I support Dustin Burrows is pure deception." A GOP ...