State Representative Dustin Burrows’ bid for Speaker of the Texas House appears to be losing bipartisan support.

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.

“I have secured enough to be Speaker of the House for the next session,” Burrows said, The Texas Tribune reported.

However, several individuals on the list have since requested their names be removed, clarifying that they do not support Burrows.

In-coming State Rep. Don McLaughlin (R-Uvalde) was on the list of Burrows’ supporters, but he issued a statement pledging his support for Cook and clarifying that he did not vote for Burrows.

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“Let’s set the record straight; I never voted for Burrows. I pledged my unwavering support to David Cook and voted for him all three times during the caucus meeting. I stand firm with my conservative colleagues – my vote for Speaker is with David Cook. Any claim that I support Dustin Burrows is pure deception,” McLaughlin said.

Incoming State Rep. Paul Dyson (R- College Station), also named on Burrows’ list, publicly stated his support for David.

“During the campaign, I pledged to support the caucus nominee … I look forward to working with you, David, to deliver conservative results for Texas,” Dyson said.

Social media users have reacted to the collapse of Burrows’ coalition of support.

“After removing false signatures, the Burrows supporter list is 38 D, 30 R. To make matters worse, the Burrows list is overwhelmingly anti-school choice,” Cary Cheshire wrote on X.

State Rep. Steve Toth (R-Woodlands) also posted on X: