Pete Laney

• Second Reading Podcast: Public opinion and other context for the Speaker Race in the Texas House of Representatives

  September 25, 2024 | By: Texas Politics Project

  Jim Henson and Josh Blank look at Texas Politics Project polling related to Speaker of the House Dade Phelan, and what it contributes (and doesn’t) to understanding the dynamics of the current challenges to Phelan’s efforts to continue as Speaker amidst opposition from within the Texas GOP.

• A Side Order of Polling Data to Go with Ross Ramsey’s Main Dish on Speaker Straus

  November 28, 2016 | By: Jim Henson, Joshua Blank

  Given the overall range in which the Speaker’s approval and favorability have moved, which you can peruse in search results for the speaker at the Texas Politics Project data archive, “non-notoriety” seems to be a good label for where the Speaker is dwelling, though we’ll be watching to see if he stays in range of the slightly more recognized when we do our usual poll in the early days of the 85th Legislature.