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

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

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

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

Two Texas House Republicans insisted on Monday they had the support needed to be elected as the chamber's new speaker as ...

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

The jockeying for who will lead the Texas House continues even after most Republican members lined up behind Rep. David Cook ...

Texas State Rep. Dustin Burrows, a Lubbock Republican, is vying for Texas Speaker of the House - another development in what has been his non-conventional rise to power in the state legislature.

( The Center Square) – A West Texas state representative from Lubbock is poised to be the next speaker of the Texas House.

With Speaker Dade Phelan out of the race, Republican state Reps. David Cook and Dustin Burrows will now face off.

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

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