House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, withdrew from the speaker’s race Friday, a day before his GOP caucus planned to vote on who they would back for the position.
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Texas Republicans reaffirmed their overwhelming control at the statehouse in Tuesday’s election, but a crop of fresh Republican faces in the Texas House could have big implications for the balance of power in the legislature.
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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 also spell trouble for current House Speaker Dade Phelan.
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry joins Speaker Phelan’s team as adviser
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Phelan’s win marks a comeback for the incumbent. He came in a narrow second to Covey in the first round of the primary in March. His primary victory also came despite efforts by three Republican heavyweights on behalf of his opponent.
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Oliverson, an anesthesiologist from Cypress in his fourth term, pitched himself as the right man to realign the lower chamber with the priorities of the Republican party, which he said Phelan too often ignored.
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All 150 members of the Texas House are up for re-election this year. But when it comes to the future of the Texas Republican Party, this race for a small district on the Gulf Coast is perhaps the most important.
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A jury of 30 Texas state Senators voted Saturday to acquit Attorney General Ken Paxton following a more-than weeklong impeachment trial. A conviction required a two-thirds majority, or 21 votes. Republicans hold a 19-12 Senate majority. Democrats would have needed nine Republicans to join all of them in securing a guilty verdict. However, only two […]
Speaker of TX House Blasts Lt. Gov & #GOP Senators for Rigging #Paxton Trial.
#Republican Speaker of the #Texas #HouseOfRepresentatives #DadePhelan issued a forceful statement today after a group of 16 Senators from his own party banded together to acquit AG #KenPaxton of #impeachment.
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Spurred by a groundswell of #farright support, the Texas #Senate has passed all of Lt. Gov. #DanPatrick’s priority #AntiLGBTQ #bills — and then some. What the House does next will impact queer Texans’ lives and could determine Speaker Phelan’s future.
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Spurred by a groundswell of far-right support, the Texas Senate has passed all of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s priority LGBTQ bills — and then some. What the House does next will impact queer Texans’ lives and could determine Speaker Phelan’s future.
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