Beto O'Rourke spoke in El Paso in a counter-rally to Donald Trump's event
Beto O'Rourke spoke in El Paso Monday night at the same time as President Donald Trump's El Paso rally. Watch it here. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, thanks a crowd of supporters as he leaves the stage during Turn Out For Texas Rally with Willie & Beto, held at Auditorium Shores in Austin on Sept. 28, 2018. O'Rourke is running against Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in one of the top national Senate races this year.]()
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Beto O'Rourke to march, speak against border wall during Trump rally in El Paso
The rally comes as O'Rourke enters the final stages of deliberation over a potential presidential campaign. Full Story
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TribCast: Beto meets Oprah
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Patrick, Cassi and Alexa about Beto O’Rourke’s visit with Oprah Winfrey, the latest on the lawsuits filed over Texas’ voter citizenship review, and the news out of the State of the State and the State of the Union. Full Story
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![Oprah Winfrey with former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke at Winfrey's "SuperSoul Conversations from Times Square" at the PlayStation Theater in New York City on Feb. 5, 2019.]()
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Beto O'Rourke says he's excited at the prospect of running for president. He'll decide this month.
O'Rourke, the former Democratic congressman and U.S. Senate candidate, discussed his 2020 deliberations Tuesday during an interview with Oprah Winfrey. Full Story
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![Oprah Winfrey with former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke at Winfrey's "SuperSoul Conversations from Times Square" at the PlayStation Theater in New York City on Feb. 5, 2019.]()
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Beto O'Rourke ran his 2018 campaign on his own terms. He's looking at 2020 the same way.
Speculation is rampant about whether Beto O'Rourke is going to make a White House bid. But the former U.S. Senate candidate is offering little about his plans, keeping even close allies and supporters in suspense. Full Story
![U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, thanks a crowd of supporters as he leaves the stage during Turn Out For Texas Rally with Willie & Beto, held at Auditorium Shores in Austin on Sept. 28, 2018. O'Rourke is running against Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in one of the top national Senate races this year.]()
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TribCast: Kel Seliger’s Senate fight, Beto O'Rourke's “funk”
On this week’s Texas Tribune TribCast, Emily talks to Emma, Patrick and Alexa about a nasty fight in the Texas Senate, Beto O’Rourke’s self-described “funk” and the legal debate over a citizenship question in the 2020 census. Full Story
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Saying he's in a "funk," Beto O'Rourke hits the road amid 2020 speculation
The former Democratic congressman from El Paso, facing calls to run for president, says he's "been stuck lately" and hopes a road trip will help clear his mind. Full Story
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![Democratic Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke speaks during a town hall meeting in Houston on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018.]()
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Beto O’Rourke’s immigration plan: No wall, but few specifics
When it comes to many of the biggest policy issues facing the country today, Beto O’Rourke’s default stance is to call for a debate — even on issues related to the border and immigration. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, flanked by U.S. Sens. Tina Smith, D-Minnesota (left), and Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, speaks to the press after touring the tent city that holds thousands of immigrant children, in Tornillo on Dec. 15, 2018.]()
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Ted Cruz calls Steve King's comments on white supremacy "stupid"
Cruz did not go so far as to say he wouldn't lend future support to King, the Iowa congressman who played a central role in his 2016 presidential bid. Full Story
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Julián Castro's 2020 announcement brightens spotlight on potential Texas showdown with Beto O'Rourke
Texas could have two Democrats running in the 2020 presidential race — and one of them, Julián Castro, got an early start Saturday as speculation continues to swirl around Beto O'Rourke's intentions. Full Story
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![Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro (left) and former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke.]()
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Oprah to interview Beto O'Rourke in New York in February
Oprah Winfrey is set to sit down with Beto O'Rourke on Feb. 5 as part of a series of conversations she's holding in Times Square in New York City. Full Story
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Analysis: Mike Collier lost, but outdid Beto O'Rourke in most Texas counties
Beto O'Rourke, the Texas Democrat who got most of the attention in this year's general election, got more votes than any other Democrat on the statewide ticket. But one of them out-performed O'Rourke in 171 counties. Full Story
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![Mike Collier, then-Democratic nominee for Texas comptroller, at the state Democratic convention in Dallas on June 27, 2014. Collier is running for lieutenant governor in 2018.]()
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Beto O'Rourke and other Democrats urge public to keep Tornillo in spotlight
The population at the detention center for migrant children has quietly swelled from a few hundred to about 2,800 in about six months. Full Story
![U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, flanked by U.S. Sens. Tina Smith, D-Minnesota (left), and Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, speaks to the press after touring the tent city that holds thousands of immigrant children, in Tornillo on Dec. 15, 2018.]()
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Beto O'Rourke says Julián Castro's likely 2020 presidential bid won't affect his own plans
O'Rourke also wouldn't rule out challenging U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in 2020. Full Story
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Analysis: A potential Texas shootout inside the 2020 presidential race
The faraway 2020 presidential election is already underway, and it's got a distinct Texas air to it, with Democratic Party rising stars Julián Castro of San Antonio and Beto O'Rourke of El Paso deciding whether to run. Full Story
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TribCast: Beto for President?
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Shannon and Edgar about the Beto O'Rourke and Julián Castro presidential buzz, civil asset forfeiture in Texas and politicians wining and dining in Texas universities’ football suites. Full Story
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![Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro and U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso.]()
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Analysis: Beto O’Rourke and the biggest no-experience-required job in America
The Texas congressman, fresh off a loss in a U.S. Senate race, is on almost everyone's list of potential Democratic presidential candidates. It's not his resume that put him on those hotlists. Full Story
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Beto O'Rourke raised $80 million total for Ted Cruz challenge, left little in bank
Post-election campaign finance reports came out Thursday in the U.S. Senate race. Full Story
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National Democratic group was behind mysterious anti-Cruz super PAC
The super PAC, Texas Forever, was set up in a way so that it did not have to disclose its donor before Election Day. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso (left), and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz at their respective election night rallies on Nov. 6, 2018. O'Rourke was in El Paso. Cruz was in Houston.]()
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Beto O’Rourke met with Barack Obama as he ponders a 2020 presidential campaign
Former Obama aides have encouraged the outgoing Democratic House member to make a White House run. The recent meeting was the first signal that the former president is getting personally involved in talks with the Texas congressman. Full Story
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![Beto O'Rourke speaks to his supporters after losing to Ted Cruz in the 2018 midterm elections, in El Paso on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018.]()
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