Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan Narrowly Wins Republican Runoff
The House Speaker has faced backlash from GOP party members for allowing Democrats to head committees and pushing Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment. Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan pulled off a narrow win in Tuesday’s contentious GOP primary runoff against David Covey. Mr. Phelan garnered 12,813 votes to Mr. Covey’s 12,447, a separation of only