Biography

Beto O'Rourke is an American politician who represented Texas's 16th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019. O'Rourke is notable for having run for United States Senate in 2018. He sought the 2020 Democratic nomination for President of the United States.

O'Rourke was born into a local political family in El Paso, Texas, and is a graduate of Woodberry Forest School and Columbia University. While studying at Columbia, O'Rourke began a brief music career as bass guitarist in the post-hardcore band Foss. After his college graduation, he returned to El Paso and began a business career. In 2005, he was elected to the El Paso City Council, serving until 2011. O'Rourke was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012.

After being re-elected to the House in 2014 and 2016, O'Rourke declined to seek re-election in 2018. Despite his defeat, O'Rourke set a record for most votes ever cast for a Democrat in Texas history. On March 14, 2019, O'Rourke announced his campaign for President of the United States in the 2020 United States presidential election.
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Democrat U.S. Congressional representative from Texas, 3 January 2013 - 3 January 2019. In 2018 was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the U.S. Senate.

Son of Melissa Martha (Williams) and Pat Francis O'Rourke, an El Paso county judge.

He is of Welsh, Irish, English, Scottish, German, and distant Swiss-German, descent.

[on Texas politics] The only thing you'll find in the middle of the road are yellow lines and dead armadillos.

[a 2019 campaign message to President Trump] To be clear: we will buy back every single assault weapon. We'll also license every gun and do a background check on every buyer. That's what the American people want - and deserve. The only thing stopping us from this is your cowardice. Do the right thing.

[During the third 2020 Democratic presidential debate] Hell, yes, we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47. We're not going to allow it to be used against our fellow Americans anymore