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

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 ...

An acrimonious race for Speaker of the Texas House is splitting the state GOP — and forcing a confrontation between the ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...