Rep. Dustin Burrows is elected Texas House Speaker, winning with support from Democrats, amid GOP internal tensions.

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

The 89th legislative session began Tuesday with members of the Texas House electing Rep. Dustin Burrows as their new speaker ...

Lubbock republican Dustin Burrows was elected speaker of the Texas House of Representatives on Tuesday. Here’s a timeline of ...

AUSTIN — Texas House lawmakers elected Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows as speaker Tuesday, shortly after the Legislature’s ...

The trial lawyer from Lubbock has served in the House since 2015, slowly building his stature and overcoming a scandal in ...

Since then, the vast majority of House speakers have been elected by acclamation or with more than 140 votes. Even Rep. Dade ...

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

A leader who learned to keep promises, a chance at chairing committees, and what they see as more chances for a fairer ...

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

Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) won the gavel in a runoff election with Rep. David Cook of Mansfield on the first day of the 89th ...

Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clinched the Texas House speakership Tuesday in the culmination of an unusually ...