January 15, 2018      3:57 PM

Grusendorf: Balance of Power

From the Right: A Deliberative or Autocratic Texas House? It's all about the rules

The holidays are behind us. The filing deadline for candidates has passed.  The playing field for Texas politics in 2018 has been defined.  The political decisions made this year will determine the nature of the 86^th Texas Legislature.

For the next twelve months, many in Austin will be focused on one big question:  Who will be the next Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives? 

Historically that was an important question each biennium. In recent years it has become a serious question only once per decade. Consequently, Texas insiders have become unaccustomed to this uncertainty.

The complete column by former Chairman Kent Grusendorf is in the R&D Department.

By Kent Grusendorf

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