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 ...
Despite running unopposed in Texas House District 21, Speaker of the House Dade Phelan could face a challenger from his own ...
With Election Day in the past, the race for Texas House speaker is heating up as the Republican incumbent tries to hold onto ...
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David Cook, R-Mansfield, saying incumbent Speaker Dade Phelan does not have enough support from House Republicans to win. “We ...
It's no secret that the former president has castigated both Texas Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and Texas House Speaker ...
On Thursday, the jostling to hold the speaker’s gavel resumed with insurgent candidate Rep. David Cook, R-Mansfield, saying ...
The race for speaker of the Texas House has narrowed, pitting Beaumont Republican Dade Phelan, who has held the gavel since 2021, against Rep. David Cook, R-Mansfield, who has emerged as the ...
The new class of Republican lawmakers who will head to Austin in January could also spell trouble for current House Speaker Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont). Several Republicans have already said they ...
John Cornyn and Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, also a Republican, as "RINOs." That's politi-speak for "Republicans in name only." Cornyn is running to replace Kentucky's Mitch McConnell as the ...