Burrows claims the support of a coalition of Republicans and Democrats, while Cook has the endorsement of the GOP caucus. State Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, holds a press conference in the ...

Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was elected speaker of ... ousted more than a dozen GOP members in last year’s primaries who were aligned with Burrows and his predecessor, Rep. Dade Phelan of ...

Dustin Burrows of Lubbock clinched the Texas House speaker post and dealt a blow to the state GOP and some grassroots activists who had demanded that the party's consensus candidate take the top spot.

On the first day of the 89th Legislature, a coalition of Republican and Democratic legislators elected GOP state Rep. Dustin Burrows as speaker of the Texas House, capping off an extraordinarily ...

AUSTIN — Newly elected Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, struck a conciliatory tone in his victory speech after defeating David Cook, R-Mansfield in what split the GOP. He told ...

Dustin Burrows said Friday he will continue his quest ... much power and should not chair legislative committees. The House GOP caucus met Dec. 7 to select a consensus candidate for speaker.

Dustin Burrows of Lubbock claimed Saturday evening ... had been declared the endorsed candidate by the House GOP Caucus by a vote of 48-14 after a contingent of Burrows' supporters dramatically ...

Austin, TEXAS (KFOX14/CBS4) — "Rep. Dustin Burrows voted Texas House speaker in blow to insurgent GOP movement" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media ...