The embattled Beaumont Republican says serving two terms as the leader of the Texas House is "one of the great honors" of his ...

AUSTIN – Amid a contentious fight to be the speaker of the Texas House of Representatives for the next Legislature, incumbent ...

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan will not hold his leadership role when lawmakers return to Austin in January for the next ...

Rep. Brian Harrison said Phelan backing out of the speaker's race is necessary but not enough because the Chamber needs to be ...

The two-term Republican caught many Capitol observers off guard when he emerged as the standard-bearer for a coalition that wants to depose Phelan and reshape how the House operates.

TEXAS, USA — Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan has decided to drop his bid for another term. The Republican representative for Texas House District 21 issued an official statement Friday morning ...

AUSTIN, Texas — State Rep. Dade Phelan released a statement Friday morning announcing he is withdrawing from the House Speaker race. He's led the House as speaker for four years. "By stepping ...

Then-House Speaker Dade Phelan presides over the opening day of a special session at the Texas Capitol on July 8, 2021.

AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas House will have a new speaker for the new term. House Speaker Dade Phelan announced Friday he is ...

Under fire from members in his own party, Republican Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan announced Friday that he would not seek a third term as head of the often fractious lower chamber.

DALLAS — Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan's unexpected announcement created political waves across Texas on Friday. Speaker Phelan said he is withdrawing from the speaker’s race. "Out of deep ...

AUSTIN, Texas — House Speaker Dade Phelan on Friday announced he is dropping his bid for another term leading the lower chamber, ending a bruising, months-long intraparty push to remove him from ...