Neither Speaker Dade Phelan, nor his current opponent Rep. David Cook, have enough public support yet from the GOP caucus to ...

Despite running unopposed in Texas House District 21, Speaker of the House Dade Phelan could face a challenger from his own ...

Tuesday’s results likely solidified Gov. Greg Abbott’s confidence that he’ll have a pro-voucher majority come the start of the 2025 legislative session. The new class of Republican lawmakers could ...

The outcome bolsters Gov. Greg Abbott, who has been pushing to stack the Legislature with Republicans supportive of his ...

Across a dozen of the most competitive House races, Republicans raked in more than $11 million over the last month, compared ...

When Texans cast their ballots in the November election, they will not be electing a Speaker for the Texas House of ...

McLaughlin, who led the city through the aftermath of the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, defeated ...

The other top funders were Associated Republicans of Texas, a well-funded group aligned with the GOP’s mainstream, business-oriented wing; Abbott; and House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont.

A version of this story ran in the November / December 2024 issue. Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan escaped a May primary runoff defeat by the skin of his teeth, but the Beaumont Republican’s ...

Thanks to a wave of retirements and primary election defeats, nine North Texas seats in the state House will be filled by ...