Beto O'Rourke Launches Run For President With 3-Day Visit To Iowa
O'Rourke joins a crowded field of Democratic candidates, months after nearly unseating Republican Senator Ted Cruz.
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O'Rourke joins a crowded field of Democratic candidates, months after nearly unseating Republican Senator Ted Cruz.
Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke has formally announced that he'll seek the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
Former U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate from Texas, Beto O'Rourke told an El Paso TV station Wednesday he's running for president and he's going to make a formal announcement Thursday morning.
Texas is an early primary state, but the real draw of the South by Southwest Festival in Austin for Democrats is face time with young, social-media savvy crowds.
Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro is acknowledging that he will "seriously consider" running for U.S. Senate in 2020 against Republican John Cornyn.
As supporters await O'Rourke's pending announcement, SMU Political Science Professor Cal Jillson said O'Rourke can't wait much longer.
A new poll released Thursday morning has President Donald Trump essentially tied in possible 2020 presidential matchups with former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke and former Vice President Joe Biden in the upcoming election among Texans.
It is starting to appear former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke is leaning towards a presidential bid.
Texas voters are evenly split 48 - 48 percent on whether to build a wall on the Mexican border, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday.
Among the prominent Democrats on Coast Guard lieutenant Christopher Paul Hasson's hit list were former Texas Representative and possible 2020 presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke and current U.S. Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson (D-Houston).
O'Rourke, who became a political star by nearly upsetting Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in November, said in English that he may yet opt to challenge Texas' other Republican U.S. senator, John Cornyn, in 2020.
When Donald Trump visited El Paso to argue that walling off the border makes the country safer, former Democratic congressman and possible 2020 presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke was ready.
President Donald Trump and former Congressman from Texas Beto O'Rourke had competing rallies Monday night in El Paso with the main topic President Trump's border wall.
The President is expected to push his border wall demands while O'Rourke, who is mulling running for president in 2020, will join a march through town to protest the wall.
President Trump will hold his first campaign rally since November's midterm elections in El Paso, as he faces a defining week for his push for a border wall.
Beto O'Rourke will lead a march through his hometown of El Paso, to protest a border wall at the same time President Donald Trump is holding a rally there to promote it.
The former Texas congressman, who found political stardom in his unsuccessful Senate bid last fall, opened up about a potential 2020 run in a conversation with a bigger star, Oprah Winfrey.
Former Texas Representative Beto O'Rourke's weeks of near-silence end on a massive stage when he sits down for an interview with Oprah Winfrey.
While America ponders if Beto O'Rourke will run for president, the former Texas representative will sit down for a live interview with Oprah Winfrey next month.
If the deep field of potential Democratic presidential contenders is on pins and needles as Beto O'Rourke decides his next move, it could be a long wait.
Former San Antonio Mayor and HUD Secretary Julian Castro says he'll be making an announcement January 12.
When it comes to a 2020 presidential run, Beto O'Rourke is still playing hard to get — even as the buzz around him intensifies.
Outgoing El Paso Congressman Beto O'Rourke who lost his Senate bid to Ted Cruz, reportedly met with former President Barack Obama amid speculation he is mulling a presidential bid in 2020.
Asked about running for president at a Monday town hall in his native El Paso, the three-term Democratic congressman described vacationing last week with his family.
Tiffany Easter got pictures with the pair and said she was thrilled to witness Beto O'Rourke walk over to Sen. Ted Cruz and congratulate him on being reelected.
