The new speaker’s power over the budget and committee assignments is expected to bolster established Republican leaders and ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House of Representatives has voted Rep. Dustin Burrows to be the newest House speaker on Tuesday after two rounds of voting. Rep. Burrows, R-Lubbock, beat out Rep. David Cook ...

Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, addresses the Texas House as the new speaker during opening day of the 89th regular session at the Texas Capitol in Austin on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.(Juan Figueroa ...

AUSTIN — Newly elected Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, struck a conciliatory tone in his victory speech after defeating David Cook, R-Mansfield in what split the GOP.

AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) -- Day one of the Texas legislative ... David Cook was the Republican caucus choice for speaker, but Lubbock's Dustin Burrows, also a Republican, formed a bipartisan coalition ...

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The latest Dustin Burrows news from The Texas Tribune. By Jasper Scherer Jan. 15, 2025 The new speaker’s power over the budget and committee assignments is expected to bolster established ...

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The speaker election ends a multi-month fight within the Texas Republican Party that began last legislative session.

Dustin Burrows of Lubbock clinched the Texas House speaker post and dealt a blow to the state GOP and some grassroots activists who had demanded that the party's consensus candidate take the top spot.

The Texas House on Tuesday elected state Rep. Dustin Burrows (R) to lead the chamber in a blow to the rising far-right wing of the party, defeating a candidate supported by Texas Attorney General ...