Texas has a powerful new House speaker in a blow to the GOP’s hard right - AP News
Ken Paxton campaigned against Republicans who opposed his preferred candidate for House Speaker after surviving an impeachment trial.
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State Representative Dustin Burrows was elected Speaker of the Texas House, defeating a hard-right challenger in a significant victory for the GOP establishment over a faction supported by Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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