Top Democratic super PAC boosts MJ Hegar in Texas' U.S. Senate race with $8.6 million TV blitz
The group is jumping into the contest with an ad campaign targeting Republican incumbent John Cornyn on health care. Full Story
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Analysis: Unlike the 2018 election in Texas, 2020’s top races won’t set spending records
Two years ago in Texas, interest and election turnout were juiced by a $125 million race for U.S. Senate. This year's ballot is topped by an extraordinary race for president, but the political spending at the top won't match 2018. Full Story
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Analyzing 2019: Elections past, elections future
Election results from 2018 and prospects for the 2020 election led by President Donald Trump’s reelection bid provided a steady and strong undertow for political and policy conversations in Texas. And they still do. Full Story
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Analysis: Beto O’Rourke’s out, but he still casts a shadow on the 2020 Texas elections
Beto O'Rourke's bid for the presidency failed. And he lost his 2018 bid for U.S. Senate. But he upended the status quo in Texas politics in ways that will play out in the 2020 elections. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso and his wife Amy Sanders O'Rourke speaks to the local and national media at UTEP before the start of his final campaign rally before the midterm elections, Monday, November 5, 2018, in El Paso, Texas. Photo by Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The Texas Tribune]()
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Beto O'Rourke looks to reactivate suburban strength in Texas
After falling to third in recent Texas polls, the Democratic presidential candidates barnstorms the suburbs that help tell the story of his breakthrough 2018 U.S. Senate campaign. Full Story
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![Presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke speaks to supporters at Tom Lee Park on Aug. 15, 2019, in El Paso.]()
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After staying out of 2018 race to unseat Hurd, O'Rourke says he'll "very likely support" nominee this time
The former El Paso congressman angered some Democrats last year by taking a vow of neutrality in Texas' most competitive congressional contest. Full Story
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![Presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke and Gina Ortiz-Jones, who has announced she's again running for Congressional District 23 against Republican incumbent Will Hurd.]()
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Beto O'Rourke's impeachment rhetoric shifts as Mueller report sinks in
As a U.S. Senate candidate last year, O'Rourke didn't go out of his way to talk impeachment. Full Story
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![Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke speaks with reporters Sunday in Red Oak, Iowa on May 5, 2019.]()
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MJ Hegar, former congressional candidate, says she's running to challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn
Hegar, the former Air Force helicopter pilot who mounted a spirited challenge to U.S. Rep. John Carter in 2018, is running for the U.S. Senate next year. Full Story
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![Democratic nominee for the 31st Texas congressional district, MJ Hegar speaks to supporters and volunteers at an early vote rally at her field office in Austin, Texas on October 25, 2018]()
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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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![Former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke speaks during a campaign stop at The Beancounter Coffeehouse & Drinkery in Burlington, Iowa on March 14, 2019.]()
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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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Beto O'Rourke plans Iowa trip as 2020 announcement nears
The former El Paso congressman is expected to visit the critical early voting state to stump for a state legislative candidate. Full Story
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![Beto O'Rourke and his wife Amy Sanders O'Rourke walk onto the stage to address his supporters after losing to Ted Cruz in the 2018 midterm elections, Tuesday, November 6, 2018, in El Paso, Texas.]()
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Beto O'Rourke keeps up suspense with days until anticipated 2020 decision
The former congressman and U.S. Senate nominee is still hoping to make up his mind about the presidential race by the end of the month — which is nine days away. Full Story
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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
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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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Cornyn picks top Abbott operative to manage re-election campaign
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, announced Tuesday his 2020 campaign manager will be John Jackson, who led Gov. Greg Abbott's successful re-election bid last year. 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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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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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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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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