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Feb 12 2019
News
‘This is where we make our stand’: Beto O’Rourke finally looks like a 2020 candidate
With Donald Trump holding a rally in O'Rourke's backyard, the former Texas congressman takes it up a notch.
PoliticoNov 07 2018
News
The Success in Beto’s Failure
O’Rourke gave Texans who have long felt disenfranchised a glimpse of what could be.
New York Times (Opinion)Nov 02 2018
News
Long-Shot Beto
National media and Texas Democrats convinced themselves they had a winner.
National Review (News)Jul 19 2021
Perspectives Blog
Congress’s Most Famous Bipartisan Roadtrip: The Friendship of Beto O’Rourke and Will Hurd
Divisions in Washington, D.C. can seem bitter, so it can be helpful to remember more positive bipartisan experiences that began only a few years ago and continued afterward.
A two-day road trip made by two Texas congressmen from different political parties from San Antonio to Washington, D.C. in March of 2017 gained wide online popularity. Will Hurd and Beto O’Rourke drove the 1,600
Marcia BeckfordApr 20 2022
Analysis
Beto O’Rourke Is the Marijuana Candidate
When Beto O’Rourke launched his campaign for governor, he made it clear that one of his first priorities would be the legalization of marijuana. Greg Abbott on the other hand, is a staunch opponent of marijuana legalization, which puts him far behind many of his fellow Republicans who have warmed up to the idea of decriminalization in recent years.
Marijuana has been used for medicinal
Texas SignalNov 02 2019
News
With financial challenges and frustrating polls, Beto O’Rourke’s campaign reaches an abrupt end
DES MOINES — Hours before Beto O'Rourke quit the presidential race Friday evening, his supporters were taking part in the boisterous "sign wars" here outside the Wells Fargo Arena ahead of the season's biggest Democratic gathering.
In New Hampshire, his campaign was building out an upcoming trip, announcing he would participate in the famed "Politics and Eggs" speaking series on Nov. 8
The Texas TribuneMar 19 2019
News
Beto Announces 2020 Run
“Beto O’Rourke raised more than $6.1 million within 24 hours of announcing his candidacy for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, his campaign said on Monday.” (Reuters)
The left is critical of Beto’s lack of a clear policy agenda.
“As impressive as Beto’s show of fundraising force was, it doesn’t change the assessment that he brings nothing of gravity to a deep, diverse
The Flip SideApr 22 2019
News
Buttigieg steals Beto's thunder
Pete Buttigieg’s fast-rising 2020 presidential campaign is cutting into Beto O’Rourke’s viral mojo.
O’Rourke, the former Texas congressman who became a media phenomenon when he nearly toppled Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) last year, has been eclipsed in recent weeks by Buttigieg, the upstart South Bend, Ind., mayor who has won headline after headline and changed national perceptions about his
The HillAug 11 2022
News
Beto O’Rourke curses at heckler in viral video
Beto O’Rourke on Wednesday cursed at a heckler who laughed at his remarks on the Uvalde school shooting during a campaign event in Mineral Wells, sparking a viral moment as the confrontation spread across the internet.
The encounter came as O’Rourke, the Democratic nominee for governor, slammed the state laws that allowed the gunman who massacred 19 students and two teachers at Robb
Houston Chronicle