Four GOP state representatives suspended their bids to challenge Phelan and 48 Republicans backed Cook, which could threaten ...

Republican opponents of House Speaker Dade Phelan chose Rep. David Cook as their consensus candidate for speaker.

David Cook, the former mayor of Mansfield, earned the support of other Republicans eager to build a united front against Dade ...

Republican House Speaker Dade Phelan send another loud signal Thursday that he intends to remain at the helm of the chamber next year by bringing on former Gov. Rick Perry as a senior adviser.

Former Gov. Rick Perry is back in Texas government as a senior adviser to House Speaker Dade Phelan.

BEAUMONT, Texas — Minutes after declaring victory in a bruising primary runoff, Dade Phelan confidently predicted that he ...

Amarillo Republican Rep. John Smithee became the seventh person to enter the race for Texas House speaker when he announced ...

Rep. Ana-Maria Ramos is the first Democrat to challenge Speaker Dade Phelan, who also faces opposition from 5 fellow ...

The Texas House speaker race is becoming increasingly crowded. Phelan, who is under fire from his right, says he plans to ...

Rodríguez Ramos of Richardson faces an uphill battle, as Democrats are the minority party with 64 seats in the 150-member ...

Perry is Texas’ longest-serving governor who also served as a state representative, lieutenant governor and agriculture ...

Amarillo Republican Rep. John Smithee became the fifth person to enter the race for Texas House Speaker when he announced his ...