Rep. Dustin Burrows voted Texas House speaker in blow to insurgent GOP movement
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was elected speaker of the Texas House on Tuesday, concluding a bitter and intense power struggle within the Republican party that came down to an extraordinary floor vote to decide who would fill one of the most powerful positions in state government.
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