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, ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Dustin Burrows of Lubbock and David Cook of Mansfield both say they're confident they'll become Texas House Speaker when all is said and done.

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

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

In a stunning turn of events, state Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock announced Saturday evening that he had the necessary votes ...