The Latest Breaking News from Pete Sessions

State Rep. Craig Goldman and business owner John O’Shea are competing to replace U.S. Rep. Kay Granger. Brandon Gill won the GOP nomination to replace Michael Burgess.

Allred bested state Sen. Roland Gutierrez in a crowded pool of Democrats.

“The president himself is telling federal employees to get back in the office, and they aren’t coming back,” a lawmaker complained this week.

Sessions dropped out of the race after a first round of voting within the Republican conference. Williams entered the race after the apparent front-runner, Tom Emmer of Minnesota, failed to reach the 217-vote threshold, but later on Tuesday evening and the Texas lawmaker was also out.

Majority whip and former NRCC chair ends bid to become speaker hours after winning nomination

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, his party's speaker-designate, faces some two dozen potential GOP defections on the floor.

Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., who earlier Tuesday was chosen by House Republicans to be the third speaker nominee in as many weeks, has dropped out.

The forum comes as the House will vote to pick a new nominee in the third week without a speaker

House Republicans on Monday night expressed some cautious optimism that their time without a leader is nearly over.

Sessions is the longest-serving representative running to become U.S. House Speaker. He previously led the House Republican campaign arm through a record-breaking victory, but he still faces a steep battle to secure the gavel.

Only one Texan, Rep. Pete Sessions, remains in the race for House Speaker. Republicans will hear from the candidates Monday night as they try to fill the job following U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan’s failure to win a majority.