Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was elected speaker of the Texas House on Tuesday, concluding a bitter and intense power struggle within the Republican Party that came down to an extraordinary floor ...

In a dramatic two-ballot vote Tuesday, Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock clinched the title of speaker of the ...

David Cook, R-Mansfield and Rep. Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos, D-Dallas. Ramos was eliminated ... House from 2021 through December 2024. Burrows is an attorney from Lubbock, was first elected ...

Dustin Burrows, the Republican from Lubbock, over his opponent, Republican Rep. David Cook of Mansfield ... including Venton Jones, a Dallas Democrat. “When it came to the speaker race, I ...

The hotly contested race for leader of the House divided Texas Republicans and produced threats of political retribution against those who supported Burrows over Rep. David Cook, a Mansfield ...

Burrows, an attorney from Lubbock, beat out Rep. David Cook, R-Mansfield, on the second ballot. Rep. Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos, D-Richardson, was the low vote-getter on the first ballot and was ...

Burrows, a 10-year House veteran and a top lieutenant of outgoing Speaker Dade Phelan of Beaumont, defeated Republican Rep. David Cook of ... Rodríguez Ramos, D-Dallas, was eliminated after ...

David Cook, a Mansfield Republican who consolidated support among far-right Republicans. Burrows is a trial lawyer from Lubbock ... said Toni Rose, D-Dallas. “This is the kind of leader we ...

Burrows of Lubbock entered the race pitting himself against Rep. David Cook of Mansfield ... Ana Maria Rodriguez Ramos of Dallas. She had no chance at winning because Democrats are in the minority.