AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Republican speaker of the Texas House abandoned efforts Friday to keep his powerful post following a bruising ... Dade Phelan said he was ending his bid to serve a ...
The five-term lawmaker who dropped his bid for a third term as speaker says he was right to impeach Ken Paxton and not twist ...
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan has decided to drop his bid for another term ... he received during his terms as speaker and he will keep serving the House, looking ahead to the 89th legislative ...
The Texas House ... the Texas House of fellow Republicans who have defied them. Phelan survived a bruising primary challenge in 2024 from a candidate backed by Paxton and other top Republicans, but ...
There is still time for these incumbents to make the right decision,” Paxton warned on Tuesday, though his post ... his bid to hold on to the gavel earlier this month. Speaker hopefuls need 76 of the ...