March 15, 2019 • Regional News
Beto O'Rourke announces 2020 bid for president
Beto O'Rourke, who was a little known Congressman from El Paso when Trump was elected, officially entered the 2020 presidential race on Thursday, ending months of speculation that began after the Democrat narrowly lost a Senate seat in reliably red Texas.
The announcement makes O'Rourke the second Texan to enter the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, which already has 12 other announced candidates. He also becomes the first prominent El Paso politician to seek the nation's highest office and the only candidate in the race who lives on the U.S.-Mexico border.
He also sent an email to supporters from his Senate run, asking them to join his campaign to be president.
"In the coming days, I will travel to introduce myself to my fellow Americans and to listen to the people I meet. In those conversations I want to discuss how we can bring the power and ingenuity of the American people to bear on the challenges we face," he says in the email.
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It ends with a request for donations.
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