/tags/speakers-race Speaker's Race en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 20:34:35 GMT /politics/2024-12-09/texas-republicans-fight-speaker-david-cook-dustin-burrows-lege Texas political news has been dominated lately by the fight over who will be the new speaker of the Texas House. Here’s a look at what’s at stake, why the chamber’s Republicans are butting heads and why the speaker role matters so much in Texas. Mon, 09 Dec 2024 20:34:35 GMT /politics/2024-12-09/texas-republicans-fight-speaker-david-cook-dustin-burrows-lege Blaise Gainey /politics/2014-01-20/turners-declaration-could-impact-republican-primaries State Rep. Scott Turner, R-Frisco, recently announced his candidacy for speaker of the House, an election for which will not be held until 2015.His timing� Mon, 20 Jan 2014 17:17:41 GMT /politics/2014-01-20/turners-declaration-could-impact-republican-primaries Ross Ramsey | Texas Tribune /politics/2010-11-17/speakers-race-hits-below-the-bible-belt Over the last few days there have been reports of campaign phone calls being made to voters in Dallas and San Antonio telling Republicans the "Christian"� Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:25:22 GMT /politics/2010-11-17/speakers-race-hits-below-the-bible-belt Ben Philpott