House Speaker Dade Phelan escaped an historic defeat and Gov. Greg Abbott secured the final GOP votes he needs to pass private school vouchers.

Greg Abbott on track to secure a tentative majority in the lower chamber on his signature issue. With ballots still being counted across the state, anti-voucher GOP state Reps. DeWayne Burns of Cleburne,

Texas congressman Tony Gonzales is out to save his job in a GOP primary runoff that has put rifts within the party on display.