Despite running unopposed in Texas House District 21, Speaker of the House Dade Phelan could face a challenger from his own ...

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 ...

Neither Speaker Dade Phelan, nor his current opponent Rep. David Cook, have enough public support yet from the GOP caucus to ...

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 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 ...

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MIAMI-DADE - A clear red wave swept through Miami-Dade County on Election Day. For the first time since 1988, Miami-Dade voters favored a Republican for president. CBS News Miami on Tuesday spoke ...

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 ...