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Democracy in Texas: Beto O'Rourke
Thursday, June 1st, 2023
Beto O'Rourke is a fourth-generation Texan, the former US Representative of Texas's 16th Congressional district, the Democratic Party's nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2018, and the Democratic nominee for the 2022 Texas gubernatorial election. He is also the author of We've Got to Try: How the Fight for Voting Rights Makes Everything Else Possible.
We discuss the outsized importance of Texas politics for the nation. Republicans have relied on winning Texas's electoral college votes to clinch presidential races. However, even without investment from the Democratic…
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