BEAUMONT — If past is prologue, Dade Phelan’s return to the Texas House would be all but guaranteed. Over five terms, he has never once drawn a reelection opponent, ascending to become the ...

“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.

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 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.

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.

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 ...

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. (Mark Felix For The ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dade Phelan addresses the floor after being elected for his second term as House speaker on on Jan 10, 2023. (Jordan Vonderhaar For The Texas Tribune, Jordan Vonderhaar For The Texas Tribune) ...

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 ...

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan is calling on Republican lawmakers to distance themselves from the controversial Defend Texas Liberty PAC and to donate any contributions they received from the PAC ...