Texas House to elect new Speaker

Here's what you need to know about new Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows
Lubbock, was elected Texas House speaker Tuesday, shortly after the 89th Texas Legislative session started. Burrow was selected as the next Texas House Speaker over Reps. David Cook, R-Mansfield and Rep.
Dustin Burrows's Election As Texas House Speaker Sparks MAGA Anger
Texas GOP Representative-elect Shelley Luther wrote on X: "Today, the RINO (anti-MAGA) Establishment laughed in the faces of our Republican grassroots. They chose Democrat chairs and Lobbyist buddies over their voters. I look forward to seeing if they're still laughing after the next round of primaries. The fight starts today."
Rep. Dustin Burrows voted Texas House speaker in blow to insurgent GOP movement
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was elected speaker of the Texas House on Tuesday,
Texas House bucks GOP power players, picks Dustin Burrows for speaker. How he won top spot
In a dramatic two-ballot vote Tuesday, Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock clinched the title of speaker of the Texas House.
Dustin Burrows elected as Texas Speaker of the House. Here's what it means
As the new House Speaker Rep. Burrows (R-Lubbock) will have a critical role in deciding the legislative priorities during the new session.
Texas House elects Dustin Burrows as speaker, rebuffing far-right challenge
Burrow’s win was an assertion of the chamber’s longstanding independence, and it set up another session of likely clashes with the more partisan Texas Senate.
Texas House elects Rep. Dustin Burrows as speaker
Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clenched the speakership of the Texas House on Tuesday in the culmination of an unusually long and unusually public mudfight for the role.
West Texans react on social media as Dustin Burrows wins Texas House speakership race
State Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock will be the next Texas Speaker of the House. Here's how West Texans and others on social media are responding.
Rep. Dustin Burrows elected Texas House Speaker in blow to Abbott, Paxton
Texas House lawmakers elected state representative Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) as speaker for the 89th Texas legislative session.
Establishment Republican Burrows bests MAGA-friendly Cook for Texas House speakership
The Republican establishment wing of the Texas House won out as state Rep. Dustin Burrows grabbed the chamber’s speakership in a highly contested vote. Burrows beat out the MAGA-favored state Rep. David Cook by a margin of 85-55 with the help of 49 Democrats and 36 Republicans.
Texas has a powerful new House speaker in a blow to the GOP's hard right
A push by Texas' hard right to widen control in the state Capitol fell short Tuesday after House lawmakers rejected its choice for the powerful speakership amid a Republican feud accelerated by the historic impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton.
What to know about Dustin Burrows, the next speaker of the Texas House
AUSTIN — Texas House lawmakers elected Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows as speaker Tuesday, shortly after the Legislature’s ...
Texas leaders react to bipartisan House Speaker vote after Burrows narrowly wins seat
The 89th Texas legislative session commenced today with a surprising turn of events as Republican Dustin Burrows from Lubbock ...
Dustin Burrows elected as Texas House Speaker
In a dramatic series of votes at the State Capitol, Dustin Burrows was elected as Speaker of the Texas House during the Texas ...