Two Democrats and one Republican have announced they are running for speaker of the Texas House, vying to unseat the current ...

Neither Speaker Dade Phelan, nor his current opponent Rep. David Cook, have enough public support yet from the GOP caucus to ...

With Election Day in the past, the race for Texas House speaker is heating up as the Republican incumbent tries to hold onto ...

Despite running unopposed in Texas House District 21, Speaker of the House Dade Phelan could face a challenger from his own party with the next legislative session convenes in January.

A version of this story ran in the November / December 2024 issue. Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan escaped a May primary runoff defeat by the skin of his teeth, but the Beaumont Republican’s ...

Would a President-elect Trump feel empowered to meddle in Texas GOP politics? Could a Harris victory elevate a Texas Democrat ...

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The new class of Republican lawmakers who will head to Austin in January could also spell trouble for current House Speaker Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont). Several Republicans have already said they ...

On Thursday, the jostling to hold the speaker’s gavel resumed with insurgent candidate Rep. David Cook, R-Mansfield, saying ...

David Cook, R-Mansfield, saying incumbent Speaker Dade Phelan does not have enough support from House Republicans to win. “We cannot continue to govern effectively without the Republican majorit ...

Despite running unopposed for reelection in Texas House District 21, House Speaker Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont) now faces a challenge to keep his job inside the House. Phelan has faced criticism from ...

John Cornyn and Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, also a Republican, as "RINOs." That's politi-speak for "Republicans in name only." Cornyn is running to replace Kentucky's Mitch McConnell as the ...