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Beto O'Rourke

For Texas Democrats, a Lost Decade

Or, how to lose in every way, all at once.

by Gus Bova

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Texas Democrats After Beto

by Justin Miller

Beto’s Lost Year

by Gus Bova

The Age of Abbott Continues Unfettered

by Justin Miller

Beto O'Rourke stands at a rally, holding a microphone, with a distant expression. Around him, supporters hold BETO signs aloft. O'Rourke met defeat in the 2022 election despite spending 10s of millions. Jan 06, 2022

Is Beto Just Another Doomed Texas Democrat?

The gubernatorial candidate may have become what he once seemed to cast aside.

by Gus Bova

Nov 15, 2021

Beto Wants to Make Texas Big Again

O’Rourke announces bid to take on Governor Greg Abbott, who is more unpopular than ever. But the former El Paso congressman is in for a much tougher fight than 2018.

by Justin Miller

Bernie Sanders speaking at a campaign rally in El Paso. Mar 04, 2020

A Democratic Socialist Damn Near Won the Texas Primary

It took a small army of politicians and pundits to stave Bernie Sanders off.

by Gus Bova

El Paso Jan 30, 2020

An Incendiary New Book Reveals How Politics in El Paso Are Rigged

Who Rules El Paso? shows how a coterie of rich, primarily white Republicans control local government.

by Debbie Nathan

In this January 11, 2020 photoGary Gates, a Republican businessman running for a Texas state house seat up for special election in the suburbs west of Houston speaks in front of campaign signs placed on a volunteers lawn in Katy, Texas. Gates' opponent, Eliz Markowitz, is getting national endorsements from big name Democrats before voters go the polls on January 28. (AP Photo/ John L. Mone) Jan 29, 2020

What the GOP’s Big Win in Fort Bend County Means for 2020

The special election runoff rout is a sobering reminder for Democrats that the GOP still dominates much of Texas. But it wasn’t the 2020 death knell that Republicans have made it out to be.

by Justin Miller

Beto O'Rourke, the 2018 Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, gets ready to speak at the Pan American Neighborhood Park in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) Jan 24, 2020

He May Not Be a Candidate, but Beto O’Rourke is Rebuilding His Texas Organizing Machine for 2020

O’Rourke’s 2018 Senate campaign was fueled by an organizing network of 20,000 volunteers. Can he harness that energy again without being on the ticket?

by Justin Miller

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks during a campaign rally for President Donald Trump, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter) Jan 03, 2020

Questions About Politics in 2020 That Aren’t ‘Will Texas Turn Blue?’

Democrats and Republicans are gearing up for a clash in Texas. Here’s the context you need to understand the coming year in politics.

by Justin Miller

President Donald Trump speaks as he tours the U.S. border with Mexico Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, in McAllen, Texas, as Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, listens. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) Nov 08, 2019

‘Nobody’s Beating You,’ Trump Assures John Cornyn

Our state’s senior senator continues to hitch himself to Trump’s wagon, even as things get rocky.

by Justin Miller

High school students Celeste Lujan, left, and Yasmin Natera, right, mourn their friend, Leilah Hernandez, one of the victims of the August 31 shooting in Odessa. Oct 21, 2019

Will Dan Patrick’s Bare-Minimum Effort for Gun Control Go Anywhere?

By supporting expanded background checks for private sales between strangers, Patrick has quickly become a conservative non grata.

by Justin Miller

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