During a brief meeting of the House Republican Caucus, members of the GOP have unanimously nominated Rep. Dennis Bonnen (R - Angleton) as their choice for speaker of the Texas House, reports Empower Texans' Texas Scorecard newsletter.
After the meeting, State Rep. Dustin Burrows (R–Lubbock), who chairs the caucus, told the Scorecard that House Republicans were looking forward to Bonnen leading the chamber to conservative victories in 2019.
The key word here is "conservative."
It's not been at all a secret that many Texas Republicans have hoped that the Speaker Joe Straus era - marked by his moderate-to-liberal leadership style and a failure to push, or back, a conservative agenda and conservative-leaning legislation in the House - will end as soon as the 2019 session begins. They're getting their wish, it seems.
Bonnen has had the nomination, and the race, in the bag for a few weeks, and has already been hiring staff and preparing an agenda.
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