The former congressman said he and his wife 'have made a decision about how we can best serve our country.'
By Isaac Stanley-Becker Isaac Stanley-Becker Reporter based in the U.K. Email Bio Follow February 28 at 5:04 AM Will he or won’t he?Will Beto O’Rourke, the square-jawed former congressman who gained a faithful national following in his come-up-short bid last year to unseat Sen.
“Amy and I have made a decision about how we can best serve our country,” the former three-term congressman from El Paso said in a statement to the Dallas Morning News, which an aide confirmed to The Washington Post.The aide declined to elaborate on O’Rourke’s plans or timing, but the Dallas newspaper reported that the Democrat has decided not to make another bid for the Senate, this time challenging Republican John Cornyn, as some have urged him to do.
Candidates who boast many more years in elected office, and at a much higher level, are running. And there are formidable contestants still likely to come, including a certain former vice president who knows a thing or two about soul-searching. O’Rourke’s standing with celebrities is reminiscent of the former president, too. On Election Day last year, Beyoncé donned a “Beto For Senate” hat to let her fans know where she stood. LeBron James also sent his social media followers running toward the underdog candidate. The gossip website TMZ has recently been trailing him.
But recent appearances have been more pointed. He led counterprogramming to Trump’s campaign rally earlier this month at the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso. That was followed by a trip to the battleground state of Wisconsin, for a closed-door meet-and-greet with students and faculty at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
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