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Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, right, talks with a fellow lawmaker in the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Friday, May 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan drops out of race for speaker

By Spectrum News Staff Texas

PUBLISHED 9:03 AM CT Dec. 07, 2024 PUBLISHED 9:03 AM CST Dec. 07, 2024

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan announced Friday he was dropping out of the race to become the next speaker.