On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Patrick, Corrie and Democratic congressional candidate Gina Ortiz Jones about the CD-23 race, Beto O’Rourke’s latest fundraising haul and the kickoff of Ted Cruz’s reelection campaign.
Beto O’Rourke
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Analysis: Texas hasn’t seen a Senate underdog like Beto O’Rourke since 2012, when Ted Cruz ran
The deck is stacked. Texas is a Republican state. Ted Cruz is an incumbent U.S. senator seeking re-election. Beto O’Rourke, a Democrat, has never run statewide. But the underdog is raising more money. That’s news, right?
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Texas Elections 2018
Beto O’Rourke says Ted Cruz and Donald Trump “want you to be afraid of Mexicans”
O’Rourke also said he doesn’t want to repeal the Second Amendment, and that taxes are too low for corporations.
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Texas Elections 2018
Beto O’Rourke says he raised staggering $6.7M in first quarter of 2018
U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-El Paso, says he raked in over $6.7 million for his U.S. Senate bid in the first quarter of 2018. It’s an eye-popping number that poses a new category of threat to Republican incumbent Ted Cruz.
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Texas Elections 2018
With new “Tough as Texas” slogan, Ted Cruz launches re-election bid emphasizing Harvey recovery
“Texans aren’t afraid,” U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said Monday morning in Beaumont. “Texans are strong. Texans are free…Texans are tough.” The rally marked the beginning of a 12-city, three-day tour of Texas to kick off Cruz’s re-election bid.
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Analysis: Short of a landslide, even a win can haunt an incumbent
It’s one thing for a significant share of the electorate to vote against a rising star like Democrat Beto O’Rourke. But what about one in four primary voters choosing an alternative to a powerful incumbent like Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick?
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Texas Elections 2018
Beto O’Rourke fell short of expectations in the Texas primary. Was it because of his name?
El Paso Democratic U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke was the heavy favorite to win this week’s Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. So why did he lose some border counties to a relative unknown?
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Texas Elections 2018
How Texas counties voted for Beto O’Rourke, and more primary results by county
The results are in from the Texas primary elections on March 6, 2018, the first since President Donald Trump was elected. Check out county-by-county comparisons of turnout in a few key races.
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Texas Elections 2018
As general election begins, Cruz escalates battle against O’Rourke
In the final hours before polls closed Tuesday in the Texas primaries, Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz kickstarted the general election with a barrage of criticism of his Democratic challenger, U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke of El Paso.
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Texas Elections 2018
Beto O’Rourke to challenge Sen. Ted Cruz in November after primary win
Despite his Democratic primary victory, and his aggressive campaigning and fundraising, Beto O’Rourke’s share of the vote was surprisingly low. In some border counties, he was losing to primary rival Sema Hernandez.