Amarillo Republican Rep. John Smithee became the seventh person to enter the race for Texas House speaker when he announced ...

Perry served as governor of Texas for 14 years and later briefly served as the Secretary of Energy under former President ...

State Rep. James Frank, a Wichita Falls Republican who is one of the Texas House’s leading voices on health and foster care, ...

Amarillo Republican Rep. John Smithee became the fifth person to enter the race for Texas House Speaker when he announced his ...

Former Gov. Rick Perry is back in Texas government as a senior adviser to House Speaker Dade Phelan.

Rep. Ana-Maria Ramos is the first Democrat to challenge Speaker Dade Phelan, who also faces opposition from 5 fellow ...

The Texas House speaker race is becoming increasingly crowded. Phelan, who is under fire from his right, says he plans to ...

Republicans will meet privately after the November election to choose their speaker candidate for the next legislative ...

Michael Karlis is a Staff Writer at the San Antonio Current. He is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., ...

Rick Perry, who served 14 years as Texas governor, will be an unpaid adviser to the embattled Republican leader of the Texas ...

Challengers to Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan presented a united front on Friday, arguing the speaker race is about ...

Perry is Texas’ longest-serving governor who also served as a state representative, lieutenant governor and agriculture ...