Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was elected speaker of the Texas House on Tuesday, concluding a bitter and intense power struggle within the Republican Party that came down to an extraordinary floor ...

Among the front-runners is Rep. David Cook, a Republican from North Texas. Cook is heading into his third term in the House of Representatives, serving in District 96. Cook's district covers ...

Paxton’s latest tour is the continuation of his efforts in the past year to get political revenge on House Republicans who ...

Will Texas House Republicans face censure following Speaker vote? Can they legally be removed from primary ballot?

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Last year, state Rep. David Cook of ...

David Cook, a founding member of Northern Ireland's Alliance Party and the first non-unionist lord mayor of Belfast since partition, has died. Cook, who has been described as a beacon of ...

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The race is between House Republican Caucus nominee state Rep. David Cook, R-Mansfield, and state Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock. The competition between the two has created a split among House ...

Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clinched the Texas House speakership Tuesday in the culmination of an unusually long and unusually public mudfight for the role.

On Dec. 7, during the House Republican Caucus meeting, state Rep. David Cook of Mansfield secured the Republican nomination under rules that every Republican member understood and agreed to abide by.