Rep. Cecil Bell Joins the Democrats
April 3, 2025 | Media Inquiries: press@mctxgop.org
Texas Scorecard’s Luke Macias explains a concerning issue in the Texas House involving Montgomery County’s House District 3 Representative, Cecil Bell.
Betrayal in the Texas House
Going into the 89th Legislative Session, Republicans across Texas were very hopeful. They had worked hard to send a strong majority to the Texas House (88 of 150 members) and Republicans were poised to accomplish some big things. Unfortunately, on December 7, 2024, events took a drastic turn when Dustin Burrows and 26 Republicans walked out of the Republican Caucus and joined with the Democrats to elect Burrows as Speaker of the House.
Sadly, two House members from Montgomery County were in the group that broke with the Republican Caucus and voted with the Democrats to elect Burrows as Speaker. Those two Representatives are Cecil Bell (HD 3) and Will Metcalf (HD 16).
For their actions in dividing the House Republican Caucus and joining with the Democrats, the Montgomery County Republican Party drafted a county-wide censure resolution against Representatives Bell and Metcalf that passed by a vote of 52-32 on March 4, 2025.