BEAUMONT — Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan ... becoming the first House speaker to lose a primary in 52 years. With all precincts reporting, Phelan was up 366 votes — within the margin ...

Dade Phelan was the underdog on Tuesday. In his March primary, the Beaumont Republican trailed in the vote count behind challenger David Covey, forcing him into the May 28 runoff. But second place ...

Texas’s GOP primary runoffs put Republican ... Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and state House Speaker Dade Phelan (R) both survived primary contests against challengers who enjoyed support from either ...

AUSTIN — Speaker Dade Phelan ... second to David Covey in the primary but narrowly prevailed in the May runoff. Five House Republicans challenged Phelan for the speaker’s gavel, leading ...

Tony Gonzales of Texas narrowly won his primary ... a bruising runoff that threatened to unseat a U.S. House incumbent. Another prominent Texas Republican, state House Speaker Dade Phelan, also ...

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan ... primary runoff defeat by the skin of his teeth, but the Beaumont Republican’s support within his own party is as diminished as ever. Many of his key GOP ...

David Covey secured the highest number of votes, but did not get over 50%, sending this election into a runoff. Covey garnered 46% of the vote, defeating Dade Phelan’s 43%, a third candidate got ...

House Speaker Dade Phelan ... s attempt to end Phelan’s political career by backing his top primary challenger earlier this year. After eking out a 366-vote win in the May runoff, Phelan ...

proven by the contentious runoff primary between much-maligned Republican Texas House speaker Rep. Dade Phelan and his far-right challenger David Covey. Phelan, a state representative of Beaumont ...

But first, local voters must settle a series of primary ... Republican runoff on the ballot with significant implications on the trajectory of statewide politics. State Rep. Dade Phelan of ...

In his March primary, the Beaumont Republican ... [House Speaker Dade Phelan wins runoff, surviving challenge by Texas GOP’s far-right forces] Phelan credited his reversal of fortune — he ...