TEXAS RECOMMENDATION: Beto O'Rourke – Texas – U.S. Senate
Running to Unseat Ted Cruz – Texas Deserves Better
Meet Beto:
Beto O'Rourke, U.S. Rep. TX-16, is running to represent the good people of Texas in the U.S. Senate.
Beto O’Rourke is a fourth-generation Texan, born and raised in El Paso. After graduating from Columbia University, Beto worked in New York for a few years before deciding to move back to his hometown and start a small technology company. El Paso wasn’t the most likely place to start a company like this, but thanks to the work of some really talented El Pasoans, the company was a success. Over the years Stanton Street hired dozens of people in high skill, high-wage jobs that one might not expect to see in a border community.
Outside of work, Beto became deeply involved in the civic, business and community efforts in El Paso. He ran for El Paso City Council in 2005 and served for two terms before running for U.S. Congress in 2012, taking on an eight-term incumbent and winning. He knocked on thousands of doors and had real conversations, face-to-face, with the voters in El Paso.
In Congress, Beto serves on the House Committees for Armed Services and Veterans Affairs. He has made it a priority to work across the aisle to secure bipartisan support for his legislation, because Beto knows our country is at its best when we can put party aside to work together, build consensus and find common ground.
Much of Beto’s focus has been on improving the ability for veterans to get the health care — and other earned benefits — that they need. He’s also been focused on curbing the influence of corporate money in Congress. He helped introduce the “No PAC Act,” which would stop candidates for federal office from relying on PACs to bankroll their campaigns.
Visit our issues page and learn more about the many issues that make up Beto’s campaign platform.
Accountability and responsiveness are critical to excellence in public service. Beto has made it a priority to host monthly town halls in El Paso to hear directly from his constituents. For nearly five years he hasn’t missed a single one. And that’s exactly how he’s running his campaign for U.S. Senate.
Beto is traveling to every part of Texas to meet with Texans in their communities. Whether they’re Democrats, Republicans, Independents or even non-voters, all Texans deserve an accountable, full-time, full-service Senator who’s committed to working tirelessly for our state. Now is the time for Texas to step up and lead.
Beto and his wife, Amy, are raising their three children, Ulysses, Molly and Henry, in El Paso.
We should all have a chance to succeed.
That means jobs for Texans who are ready to work and the education and training to be competitive for them.
It means that every one of us is able to get healthy and stay healthy. It means we have access to the providers, medications and help that keep us on our feet and moving forward.
It means that immigrants are seen as a critical source of strength and security in our communities – that beyond stopping walls and raids, we take the lead in writing immigration policy that matches our values and interests.
It means that we are all treated with dignity and respect, meeting the small, petty and divisive politics of this age with a confidence, courage and strength that could only come from Texas.
From A Progressive Candidate's Campaign:
Beto has been travelling all over the state meeting constituents, holding meet and greets, town halls, and just meeting folks in general. He has been really great taking pics with his constituents and I would like to share some of them here with you. These constituents are also candidates running for office in Texas. And here they are.
I would also like to send a shout out and thank you to Jennifer, of the Beto for Texas campaign for texting me yesterday and asking if I would be voting for Beto. My answer made her day! I told her not only would I be voting for Beto in November, but I was a progressive candidate promoter on social media and would be promoting Beto today!
To get this done, we’re going to need a government that Texans can trust and a senator who is focused on helping the people he’s elected to serve.
Too many candidates rely on millionaires and big corporate donors to fund their campaigns -- but our elections shouldn't be sold to the highest bidder. That’s why Beto O’Rourke is relying on grassroots supporters to power his campaign against Ted Cruz.
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