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On May 27, 2023, the House voted 121–23 to impeach attorney general Ken Paxton after a House committee found that he had used taxpayer funds to settle a legal dispute. [12] [13] [14] The impeachment effort failed when the Texas Senate voted to acquit him of all charges in September 2023. [15] House vote on measure to remove school voucher ...
After members of the House were sworn into office, they elected their next speaker by a vote of 85 to 55. Burrows received the support of 49 Democrats and 36 Republicans. Nine members voted ...
To be elected Speaker, a candidate needs 76 votes from the 150-member House. Currently, Republicans hold an 88-62 majority over Democrats in the House. The Speaker is elected in a vote when the ...
Cook won the House Republican Caucus endorsement 48 to 14 after multiple rounds of voting, but only 62 of the 88 current and incoming House Republicans were there for the Saturday, Dec. 7 vote.
The incumbent is Republican Pat Fallon, who was re-elected with 66.71% of the vote in 2022. [1] On November 13, 2023, Fallon announced he would not seek another term in Congress and would instead run for his old seat in the Texas Senate. However, the next day, Fallon reversed course and said he would run for re-election to the House. [29]
The 89th Texas Legislature is the meeting of the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Texas, composed of the Texas Senate and the Texas House of Representatives. The regular session is scheduled to until June 2, 2025.
After the Nov. 5 election, Republicans won many state and local races, including gaining two seats in the Texas House. In January, 88 Republicans and 62 Democrats will be sworn into the lower ...
The 2022 Texas House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2022, to elect representatives from all 150 House of Representatives districts across the U.S. state of Texas. It was held alongside numerous other federal, state, and local elections, including the 2022 Texas State Senate election .