State Rep. Dustin Burrows beat out the MAGA-favored state Rep. David Cook by a margin of 85-55 with the help of 49 Democrats and 36 Republicans.

The Texas Capitol dome is seen in this file photo. The Legislature's 2025 session ... The main contenders: Rep. Dustin Burrows, a Lubbock Republican, and Rep. David Cook, a Mansfield Republican.

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Texas GOP Representative-elect Shelley Luther wrote on X: "Today, the RINO (anti-MAGA) Establishment laughed in the faces of ...

The trial lawyer from Lubbock has served in the House since 2015, slowly building his stature and overcoming a scandal in ...

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The Texas House of Representatives elected Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) as its next speaker of the house. The House voted 85-55 ...

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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The Texas House of Representatives will choose its speaker next week, with Lubbock Representative Dustin Burrows vying for the gavel. But the state GOP is still working to ...

Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, a dominant House committee chairman, champion of Texas Tech expansion and the general favorite of the Anybody But MAGA coalition. State Reps. David Cook, left ...

Dustin Burrows left the room ... ending taxpayer-funded lobbying, strengthening the electric grid, and property tax reform. “It starts with the border security,” he emphasized.

Dustin Burrows for House speaker. Burrows, of Lubbock, and his main opponent in the race, fellow Republican Rep. David Cook of Mansfield, have been in an increasingly acrimonious political ...