The Texas House on Tuesday elected state Rep. Dustin Burrows (R) to lead the chamber in a blow to the rising far-right wing of the party, defeating a candidate supported by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and other top state figures.



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Texas has a powerful new House speaker after years of escalating Republican infighting. Dustin Burrows won the job on Tuesday with the support of Democrats who favored him over a

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Texas has a powerful new House speaker in a blow to the GOP's hard right

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- State representative Mary Gonzalez and state senator César Blanco told me they plan to keep working together to address the needs of El Paso. "We're all here for the same reason," newly-elected State Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows said. "Not to please ourselves or any one individual, but to serve our districts with distinction and to serve Texas with integrity, courage and common sense." Burrows defeated David Cook,…

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The Texas House on Tuesday elected state Rep. Dustin Burrows (R) to lead the chamber in a blow to the rising far-right wing of the party, defeating a candidate supported by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and other top state figures. The Texas Republican caucus had nominated state Rep. David Cook (R) for the…

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Texas Republican Representative Dustin Burrows was elected as the new Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives in the January 14 vote, and the Democratic Party received more support than the Republican Party.

德克薩斯州共和黨眾議員Dustin Burrows在1月14日的投票中當選為德州眾議院新任議長，並獲得的民主黨支持票數超過共和黨。

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Texas's new Republican Party chairman elected with support from the Democratic Party

Texas Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows was elected the new Texas Speaker of the House with the support of more Democrats than Republicans.
Forty-nine Democrats joined 36 Republicans to put Burrows over the top during the vote on Jan. 14, the opening day of the 89th Legislature in Austin.
The outcome was a blow to the more conservative branch of the Texas GOP, which did not want a speaker beholden to Democrats.
Fellow Republican David Cook received…

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New Texas Republican Speaker Wins Gavel With Majority of Support From Democrats

An exciting and dramatic first day of the Texas legislative session is in the books. The House of Representatives elected a new speaker, but he wasn't the candidate with his party's official backing.

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Leftism was on full display in the Texas Capitol earlier this week during the first legislative session since 2023.Perhaps the most notable moment came when a Democrat-friendly Republican became the Texas speaker, even though Republicans in the state House enjoy a sizeable majority.'I had the honor ...

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On Tuesday, Texas House lawmakers elected state representative Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) as speaker for the 89th Texas legislative session.

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Dustin Burrows elected Texas House speaker in blow to Abbott, Paxton

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Texas state Rep. David Cook was voted the state GOP’s nominee for House speaker in December, but state Rep. Dustin Burrows won the speakership in an 85-55 vote on Tuesday with the help of the chamber's Democrats.

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