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Sep 29 2022
Opinion
Democrats Need More Than Beto O’Rourke If They Want To Flip Texas
Once again, everyone can’t stop talking about Beto O’Rourke.
FiveThirtyEight’s polling average1 shows a single-digit contest in the Texas gubernatorial race between O’Rourke and the Republican incumbent, Greg Abbott. Earlier this year, O’Rourke made headlines for his record-breaking fundraising, and the fallout from a succession of high-profile events in the state — the triggering of a
538 (ABC News)Feb 24 2021
News
Texas disaster puts Beto O’Rourke back in business
While Ted Cruz was getting clobbered for fleeing Texas amid its historic winter storm, the Democrat he defeated in 2018, Beto O’Rourke, was already deep into disaster relief mode — soliciting donations for storm victims, delivering pallets of water from his pickup truck and once again broadcasting his movements on Facebook Live.
It was part of an effort orchestrated by O’Rourke and his
PoliticoFeb 13 2022
Opinion
Editorial: We recommend Beto O’Rourke in Democratic primary for Governor
Icarus, as far as we know, never lived in El Paso, but the mythical Greek hero’s ill-fated flight toward the sun is a handy metaphor for the recent political ambitions of Beto O’Rourke, Texas’ best-known Democrat and now a candidate for governor. Four years ago, the little-known three-term congressman representing a far-West Texas district had the audacity to challenge U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz. To
Houston ChronicleNov 04 2019
News
How Beto went from Dem darling to dropping out
On Friday, Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke announced he is ending his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
O’Rourke served three terms in the House, representing his hometown of El Paso, before launching a long-shot Senate campaign to unseat Republican Ted Cruz in 2018. Though O’Rourke lost, he drew national attention by forcing Cruz into a tight race in a state that
Yahoo! The 360Oct 04 2022
Fact Check
Fact-checking the Texas governor debate between Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke
Gov. Greg Abbott and challenger Beto O’Rourke clashed over a range of topics Friday night in their sole debate, not always with the facts on their side.
Some fact-checks:
Abortion
Abbott depicted O’Rourke as an extremist on abortion.
“He not only supports abortion of a fully developed child to the very last second before birth” but, said Abbott, he opposes “
The Dallas Morning NewsJun 16 2019
News
Beto argues Trump's foreign intel comment is grounds for impeachment
Beto O’Rourke became the latest Democratic presidential candidate to support the idea of impeaching President Trump – arguing that the president’s comments earlier in the week that he’d be open to accepting foreign intelligence on his 2020 rivals is reason enough to see him ousted from office. While Trump has walked back those comments, his words have stirred up calls for impeachment from many
Fox News (Online News)May 11 2019
News
Beto O’Rourke plans ‘reintroduction’ as 2020 buzz fizzles
NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Beto O’Rourke barreled into the 2020 presidential race with breakneck energy and a fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants campaign style that saw him leap atop tables to address overflow crowds with the organic, off-the-cuff candor that had made him a Texas sensation.
But since his mid-March campaign launch, the buzz surrounding the former congressman has evaporated. Competing
Associated PressMar 14 2019
News
Democrat Beto O’Rourke Announces 2020 Presidential Run
Texan who narrowly lost Senate race in ’18 brings national profile, fund-raising clout to crowded contest
Former Texas Representative Beto O’Rourke announced Thursday he is running for president, aiming to parlay his turn as one of the Democratic stars of the 2018 midterm elections into a run at his party’s nomination.
Mr. O’Rourke is the 15th Democrat to enter the contest. He
Wall Street Journal (News)Mar 14 2019
News
A Beto O’Rourke Presidential Campaign Could Flip Texas
He’s the only Democrat who has come close to putting the country’s most populous red state into play in the last two decades.
Former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s decision to join the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, announced Thursday, may turn out to be a dangerous development not just for President Donald Trump, but the Republican Party writ large.
O’Rourke has
HuffPostSep 01 2022
News
Gov. Greg Abbott, Beto O’Rourke agree to debate Sept. 30 in Edinburg
Gov. Greg Abbott and his Democratic opponent, Beto O’Rourke, have agreed to a Sept. 30 debate in the Rio Grande Valley.
Abbott announced last month that he had accepted an invitation to the debate, which will be hosted by Nexstar Media Group at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg. O’Rourke responded at the time by saying he would be happy to debate Abbott in the Valley
The Texas Tribune