Tag: Texas House speaker election

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan Steps Down from Leadership Reelection BidIn a surprising turn of events, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, has withdrawn from the leadership reelection race, leaving the House of Representatives in search of a new...

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan Withdraws from Race for Third TermIn a surprising turn of events, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, a Republican from Beaumont, announced his withdrawal from the race for Speaker of the Texas House. This decision...

House Republicans who are not pleased with House Speaker Dade Phelan have thrown their support behind a new candidate. Representative David Cook, a Mansfield Republican, was chosen by 48 representatives and nominees for House districts as their top choice...