“Also, we will NOT vote in a Dade 2.0.” Phelan’s rise. Phelan, a 49-year-old real estate developer, first secured the votes to become speaker toward the end of his third term, in late 2020.

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan at his office in Beaumont. Deep fissures within the Republican Party have placed Phelan as the No. 1 enemy of Texas’ far-right conservatives.

Dade Phelan was hoping to gain support from 40 unpledged House Republicans, which would be enough, along with votes from 62 Democrats, to win the speaker role for a third time, the Texas Tribune ...

Dade Phelan’s path to reelection. Phelan’s camp says they’re confident he has the votes. “The path to the speakership is a matter of simple math,” Phelan’s spokeswoman Cait Wittman, ...

House Speaker Dade Phelan greets guests, including Orange County Judge John Gothia, at his campaign rally at Jack Brooks Airport on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024.

House Speaker Dade Phelan on Friday announced he is dropping his bid for another term leading the lower chamber, ending a bruising, monthslong intraparty push to remove him from power.

AUSTIN, Texas — House Speaker Dade Phelan on Friday announced he is dropping his bid for another term leading the lower chamber, ending a bruising, months-long intraparty push to remove him from ...

Politics & Policy Dade Phelan Was Uninvited From His Own Party. He’s Trying to Crash His Way Back In. The Speaker governs as an old-school conservative—a crime for which right-wing Republicans ...

Speaker of the House Dade Phelan oversees debate in the Texas House at the Capitol in Austin, May 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)(Eric Gay / ASSOCIATED PRESS) BEAUMONT — Minutes after declaring ...

The race for speaker of the Texas House has narrowed, pitting Beaumont Republican Dade Phelan, who has held the gavel since 2021, against Rep. David Cook, R-Mansfield, who has emerged as the ...

Dade Phelan was hoping to gain support from 40 unpledged House Republicans, which would be enough, along with votes from 62 Democrats, to win the speaker role for a third time, the Texas Tribune ...

Rep. Dade Phelan will remain in the House, but not as its leader. Here's what happens now. Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont) announced he will not run for Texas House speaker again.