AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) - Back in December, Rep. Dustin Burrows’ grasp on the speakership was, at best, tenuous. His main rival, Rep. David Cook of Mansfield, had already won the endorsement of ...

President Trump has offered his endorsement for Texas House Speaker and Lubbock Republican State Rep. Dustin Burrows.

At the beginning of the 2025 state legislative session, Rep. Dustin Burrows was in the fight of his political life: a face-off with Mansfield Republican Rep. David Cook to become House Speaker.

Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows presides before adjourning Sine Die on the last day of the 89th Texas Legislature at the Capitol in Austin, Monday, June 2, 2025.

U.S. President Donald Trump offered his endorsement for Texas House Speaker and Lubbock Republican State Rep. Dustin Burrows in his presumed upcoming bid for re-election in 2026.

House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, gavels out the 89th Texas Legislature sine die at the Texas Capitol on Monday, June 2, 2025. Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune ...

House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, gavels out the 89th Texas Legislature sine die at the Texas Capitol on Monday, June 2, 2025. (Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune, Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune) ...