Beto O'Rourke hires former top Obama aide as campaign manager
O'Rourke has brought on veteran Democratic strategist Jennifer O'Malley Dillon to lead his White House bid. Full Story
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In first South Carolina swing, Beto O'Rourke faces pragmatic voters intent on beating Trump
Whichever Democrat running for president places well in South Carolina's Feb. 29 primary will head into the March Super Tuesday contests — a rash of states that will include Texas — with momentum. Full Story
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![Former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke campaigned in Charleston, South Carolina on March 22, 2019.]()
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Kamala Harris draws large crowd, prominent Democrats in first major Texas swing
"This is Harris County!" declared a bevy of colorful signs at a campaign rally Saturday for the California Democrat. Harris has made clear she plans to cede no ground to Democratic rivals who hail from the Lone Star State. Full Story
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Beto O'Rourke's first week marked by furious pace, freewheeling style
The former El Paso congressman hit six states in the first seven days of his nascent White House bid, plowing through the ups and downs of the trail while maintaining a breakneck pace. Full Story
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![Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke is surrounded by audience members at a campaign stop at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire, U.S., March 20, 2019.]()
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Tribcast: Dan Patrick's stance on medical cannabis, Castro's struggles, O'Rourke's first week
On this week’s TribCast, Aman talks to Alex, Aliyya and Ross about the mood in the Texas Capitol halfway through the session, why Dan Patrick has some pot advocates feeling paranoid and how the two Texans running for president are doing — and yes, there are still two. Full Story
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Beto O’Rourke's campaign received 128,000 "unique contributions" in the first 24 hours.
O'Rourke raised $6.1 million in his first 24 hours as a presidential candidate, surpassing his 2020 Democratic rivals' totals for the same period. Bernie Sanders raised $5.9 million in his first 24 hours. Full Story
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Julián Castro: "I’m confident that by the time people start voting that I’m going to do well"
At a meet-and-greet with Democrats in Dallas Tuesday night, Castro dismissed suggestions that his bid for president was being overshadowed by Beto O'Rourke and said he was working hard "to make sure that at the right time I’m the frontrunner of this race." Full Story
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![Julian Castro, the former Mayor of San Antonio and the former Director of House and Urban Development announced Saturday January 12, 2019 that he is a candidate for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination. Castro made the announcement in Guadalupe Plaza in the San Antonio neighborhood he grew up in and still lives in.]()
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Beto O'Rourke raises $6.1 million in first 24 hours — beating Bernie Sanders and all other 2020 contenders
The Texas Democrat says he raked in over $6.1 million for his presidential bid in the first 24 hours of his campaign — an eye-popping number that beats every other Democrat who has disclosed first-day figures so far. Full Story
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Analysis: Bigger stages demand better contestants — in politics, as in everything else
Julián Castro and Beto O'Rourke, the Texans in the scrum of Democrats seeking that party's presidential nomination, have been on big stages before. But not this big. Full Story
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In Iowa, Beto O'Rourke works to find his footing on health care
O'Rourke has long said he wants health care to be affordable, high quality and universal — a goal that brought questions from voters during his first few days as a presidential candidate. Full Story
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Beto O'Rourke gets crash course in presidential scrutiny over two days in Iowa
By the second day of his Iowa debut, O'Rourke was fully submerged in the buzzsaw that is a presidential campaign. Full Story
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Beto O’Rourke acknowledges involvement with hacking group as a teen, expresses regret for writings
O’Rourke called the writings he produced while part of the group "really hateful, really bad stuff" and said he was "mortified to read it now." Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, stopped in Gainesville at the historic Santa Fe Depot June 9, 2018 to complete his 254 county journey across the state in his campaign to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz.]()
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Beto O'Rourke's political career drew on donations from the pro-GOP business establishment
As he ran for El Paso City Council and pushed a plan to redevelop some poor neighborhoods, O'Rourke received support from some of El Paso's biggest business moguls. Will that hurt him in the Democratic presidential primary? Full Story
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In Iowa debut, Beto O'Rourke picks up where Senate campaign left off
The newly minted presidential candidate kicked off a three-day tour of Iowa on Thursday, shortly after making his 2020 bid official. Full Story
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4 members of Congress endorse Beto O'Rourke within hours of his campaign launch
U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, who took over O'Rourke's El Paso-based district in January, backed O'Rourke for president Thursday along with two House members from New York and one from Florida. Full Story
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![Clockwise: U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, D-NY; U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-NY; U.S. Rep, Stephanie Murphy, D-FL; U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-TX.]()
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Tribcast: Beto O’Rourke is in. What now?
On this special edition of the Tribcast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Aman about Beto O’Rourke’s two-day presidential rollout — and what happens next. Full Story
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Here are 9 things to know about 2020 presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke
Now that O'Rourke has announced he's running for president in 2020, here's a look at some of his political and financial history. Full Story
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Beto O'Rourke running for president
The former Democratic congressman from El Paso is jumping into the crowded race to take on President Donald Trump after O'Rourke's closer-than-expected loss to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in November. Full Story
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![Beto O'Rourke leads a counterprotest with thousands of other El Pasoans at the same time President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally on Feb. 11, 2019, in El Paso. Photo by Ivan Pierre Aguirre]()
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TribCast: College admissions scandal, "Border Hustle," waiting for Beto
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Patrick, Matthew and Jay about whenever the heck Beto O’Rourke is going to announce his next move, the admissions scandal facing colleges across the country, including UT-Austin, and "Border Hustle," a big Tribune collaboration with Time Magazine. Full Story
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Analysis: Is Beto O’Rourke the bomb or just a bottle rocket?
O'Rourke came close to a big political upset last year by harnessing Democratic voters' desire to deny Ted Cruz another term in the U.S. Senate. Could that work in a presidential race? Full Story
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