Texas
After bruising runoff, Dade Phelan pivots toward fight to remain Texas House speaker
Phelan predicts he will be elected to a third term leading the House, but opponents are pressing for a more conservative leader and vow to retaliate against...
BEAUMONT — Minutes after declaring victory in a bruising primary runoff, Dade Phelan confidently predicted that he would be reelected as the speaker of the Texas House in next year’s legislative session.
“I’ve done it twice,” Phelan said as music bla... [8057 chars]