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Dustin Burrows
2015 - Present
2027
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Dustin Burrows (Republican Party) is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 83. He assumed office in 2015. His current term ends on January 12, 2027.
The Texas House of Representatives elected Burrows speaker of the House on January 14, 2025. After two rounds of voting, Burrows defeated the Republican House Caucus' nominee, Rep. David Cook (R), 85-55, with 49 Democrats and 36 Republicans voting for Burrows.[1]
The Texas Tribune described Burrows and his predecessor, Rep. Dade Phelan (R), as establishment Republicans. Burrows' election as speaker, according to the outlet, marked a "disappointing defeat for the insurgent wing of the party ... That faction, which aims to push the House further to the right, ousted more than a dozen GOP members in last year’s [2024] primaries who were aligned with [Burrows and Phelan]."[1]
Burrows was born in Lubbock, Texas, in 1978.[2] He received an M.B.A. and J.D. from Texas Tech University in 2004. As of April 2025, Burrows was a partner at Burrows Law Firm, P.C.[3]
Burrows was elected to the state House in 2014 with 81% of the vote. He chaired the House Calendars Committee from 2021 to 2024 and the House Ways & Means Committee from 2019 to 2020. The Texas Tribune's James Barragan and Jasper Scherer wrote of Burrows' legislative record: "He had supported stricter abortion laws, thwarted stricter gun laws, and played a lead role in lowering how much property tax revenue local governments can collect. He was also a supporter of Gov. Greg Abbott’s school voucher legislation last session."[4]
In a March 2025 interview with Austin American-Statesman, Burrows said, "At the end of the day, we're going to pass a conservative agenda."[5] According to the paper, Burrows added that Democrats would not be shut out and that he "plans to pave the way for the House to tackle several issues that are generally free of partisan passion. One is an ambitious plan to ensure that fast-growing and geologically diverse Texas will have an adequate water supply to keep up with its insatiable thirst. Another is to provide the funding needed to continue progress on expanding the state's transportation infrastructure."[5]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Burrows was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Burrows was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Burrows was assigned to the following committees:
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Texas committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Agriculture and Livestock |
| • Investments & Financial Services |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Burrows served on the following committees:
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| • County Affairs |
| • International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 83
Incumbent Dustin Burrows won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 83 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dustin Burrows (R) | 100.0 | 69,899 |
| Total votes: 69,899 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 83
Incumbent Dustin Burrows defeated Wade Cowan in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 83 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dustin Burrows | 68.0 | 17,279 |
| Wade Cowan | 32.0 | 8,128 | ||
| Total votes: 25,407 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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Pledges
Burrows signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
The general election was canceled. Incumbent Dustin Burrows won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 83.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 83
Incumbent Dustin Burrows defeated Austin Jordan in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 83 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dustin Burrows | 82.5 | 18,397 |
| Austin Jordan | 17.5 | 3,891 | ||
| Total votes: 22,288 | |||
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 83
Incumbent Dustin Burrows defeated Addison Perry-Franks in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 83 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dustin Burrows (R) | 79.3 | 61,959 |
 | Addison Perry-Franks (D) | 20.7 | 16,185 | |
| Total votes: 78,144 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 83
Addison Perry-Franks defeated James Barrick in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 83 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Addison Perry-Franks | 54.0 | 2,903 |
 | James Barrick | 46.0 | 2,468 | |
| Total votes: 5,371 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 83
Incumbent Dustin Burrows advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 83 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dustin Burrows | 100.0 | 22,073 |
| Total votes: 22,073 | |||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 83
Incumbent Dustin Burrows defeated Drew Landry in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 83 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dustin Burrows (R) | 77.3 | 45,379 |
 | Drew Landry (D) | 22.7 | 13,309 | |
| Total votes: 58,688 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 83
Drew Landry advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 83 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Drew Landry | 100.0 | 2,450 |
| Total votes: 2,450 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 83
Incumbent Dustin Burrows advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 83 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dustin Burrows | 100.0 | 16,495 |
| Total votes: 16,495 | |||
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2016
Elections for the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.[6]
Incumbent Dustin Burrows ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 83 general election.[7]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 83 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Dustin Burrows Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 53,437 | |
| Total Votes | 53,437 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Dustin Burrows ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 83 Republican Primary.[8][9]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 83 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Dustin Burrows Incumbent (unopposed) | |
2014
Elections for all 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 4, 2014. Those candidates who did not receive 50 percent or more of the vote in their party primary on March 4 faced an additional May 27 primary runoff. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was December 9, 2013. Incumbent Charles Perry defeated Steve Massengale in the Republican primary[10][11][12] and was to be unchallenged in the general election. However, Perry dropped out of the race to participate in a September 9, 2014, special election for the Texas State Senate.[13] In Perry's place, two new candidates were chosen by their respective primaries to participate in the general election: Max R. Tarbox (D) and Dustin Burrows (R). Burrows defeated Tarbox in the general election.[13][14][15]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Dustin Burrows |
81.2% | 26,950 | |
| Democratic | Max Tarbox | 18.8% | 6,231 | |
| Total Votes | 33,181 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Dustin Burrows did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Dustin Burrows did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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2024
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2023
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In 2023, the Texas State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 29.
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2022
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In 2022, the Texas State Legislature was not in session. |
2021
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In 2021, the Texas State Legislature was in session from January 12 to May 31.
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2020
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In 2020, the Texas State Legislature was not in session. |
2019
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In 2019, the Texas State Legislature was in its 86th legislative session from January 8 through May 27.
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2018
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In 2018, the Texas State Legislature did not hold a regular session. |
2017
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In 2017, the Texas State Legislature was in its 85th legislative session from January 10 through May 29. A special session was held from July 18 to August 15.
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2016
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In 2016, the Texas State Legislature did not hold a regular session. |
2015
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In 2015, the Texas State Legislature was in its 84th legislative session from January 13 through June 1.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Texas Tribune, "Rep. Dustin Burrows voted Texas House speaker in blow to insurgent GOP movement" January 14, 2025
- ↑ Vote Smart, "Dustin Burrows' Biography," accessed April 13, 2025
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Dustin Burrows, accessed April 13, 2025
- ↑ The Texas Tribune, "Texas Democrats hope to benefit after boosting Dustin Burrows to House speaker," January 17, 2025
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Austin American-Statesman, "As Dustin Burrows settles in as Texas House speaker, will conservatives give him a break?" March 3, 2025
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current ELECTION HISTORY," accessed December 2, 2014
- ↑ The Libertarian Party of Texas, "2014 Texas Representative Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Green Party of Texas, "Greens Release Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 ‘’Everything Lubbock.com’’, “Democrats Choose Tarbox to Replace Perry on Ballot,” August 25, 2014
- ↑ ‘’Texas Secretary of State’’, “November 4, 2014 General Election Candidates,” accessed October 17, 2014
- ↑ L. Scott Mann, ‘’KCBD’’, “Republicans name Dustin Burrows as House District 83 candidate,” August 21, 2014
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Texas House of Representatives District 83 2015-Present |
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