Amarillo Republican Rep. John Smithee has joined the growing field of candidates seeking to become speaker of the Texas House, mounting a challenge against Rep. Dade Phelan, the embattled speaker ...

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — State Rep. John Smithee announced he is vying to be the next Texas House Speaker. Smithee, has ...

Republican State Rep. Carl Tepper took a large lead over his Democratic opponent for the Lubbock-based HD 84 seat in ...

Other uncontested positions were Constable Precinct 1 Richard Beals and Constable Precinct 4 Paula Williams. John Smithee, State Representative District 86 was uncontested as was Judy Parker, Justice ...

selected only after longtime Amarillo Representative John Smithee decided to bow out: Representative David Cook—a nondescript rank-and-filer from the Fort Worth suburb of Mansfield who had ...

But John Smithee, another Texas House Republican, opposed the impeachment, arguing that the attorney general had not been given the chance to properly respond to the allegations against him.

A group of Republicans who oppose Texas House Speaker Dave Phelan are reportedly coalescing around state Rep. David Cook for the leadership role. Cook, a Mansfield Republican, announced he was ...

John Deere recently laid off a significant number of salaried employees as part of the company’s ongoing workforce reductions. The official number of layoffs is still unknown but are part of a ...

Democrats are looking for a long-shot pickup with Representative Colin Allred, who is giving up his Dallas-area House seat to challenge Senator Ted Cruz. Mr. Cruz has never been personally popular ...

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Over the course of several votes, the pool of candidates was whittled to Cook and Rep. John Smithee of Amarillo, but Smithee ultimately took himself out of the running, according to The Dallas Morning ...