Texas State Representative Dustin Burrows has won the Texas House Speaker race.
As previously reported by The Dallas Express, State Rep. David Cook (R-Mansfield) won the GOP caucus’ endorsement for Speaker, securing 48 votes out of the 88 caucus members. Burrows garnered 14 in the third and final round of voting. Some caucus members walked out of the meeting after the first two rounds of voting and did not participate in the third round.
In response, Burrows (R-Lubbock) released a list of 76 supporters, including 38 Republicans and 38 Democrats. To win the Speaker’s race, a state representative needs 76 votes to win the majority of the 150 House member votes.
The first round of voting saw Burrows win 71 votes, Cook 56 votes, and Ana-Maria Ramos 23.
With the runoff vote, Burrows won 85 votes, while Cook won 55, and 9 voted present.
