House Speaker Mike Johnson will hold onto his position as head of the chamber after Republicans cast their votes in his favor ...

Republican Dustin Burrows of Lubbock was elected Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, with a coalition of ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared headed for defeat before two Republicans switched their vote, delivering him a majority.

Mike Johnson persuaded a pair of GOP skeptics to change votes, keeping the gavel in an era of Republican control in Washington.

The speaker election ends a multi-month fight within the Texas Republican Party that began last legislative session.

House Democrats have boycotted the opening day of Minnesota’s 2025 legislative session in an effort to stop Republicans from ...

The race pitted state Reps. David Cook and Dustin Burrows against each other. Here’s how each representative voted.

Becoming speaker requires a majority vote from House members. Currently, the Texas House consists of 150 members. In January, ...

The 89th Texas Legislative Session started Tuesday, January 14, at noon with lawmakers taking their oaths at the Texas ...

Dustin Burrows won the Texas House Speaker election with 51 Democratic votes and 34 Republicans, causing a rift within the ...

Arkansas' 95th General Assembly convenes today at noon and the House formally elects a speaker who is set to appoint a ...

Texas state Rep. David Cook was voted the state GOP’s nominee for House speaker in December, but state Rep. Dustin Burrows won the speakership in an 85-55 vote on Tuesday with the help of the ...