Former Texas congressman and 2020 Democratic primary candidate Robert “Beto” O’Rourke is in a tough spot. There is no real, animating principle behind his White House bid — nothing deeper than “Hey, ...

The Beto effect may not have won Democrats a Senate seat, but it may have provided insight into Texas' political future. In the closer-than-expected race between Beto O'Rourke and Ted Cruz, Democrats ...

Beto O’Rourke was winning hearts among Black voters. “At a time when our country needs to rebuild relations between law enforcement and communities, particularly communities of color, the Thin Blue ...

As Election Day looms, both sides are firing up their base and urging voters to the polls—nowhere more than in Texas, as Beto O’Rourke challenges Ted Cruz for his Senate seat. Will President Trump’s ...

For left-leaning political junkies, the idea of Texas turning blue evokes the myth of Tantalus. A Democrat winning statewide election always feels like it’s just out of reach, but every time party ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The McLennan County Democrats held their March for Democracy event featuring high profile Democratic speakers, including former presidential, gubernatorial and senatorial ...

If there’s one kind of male that gets Barack Obama extremely jazzed up, it is a baby-faced white man who believes he can flip a Senate seat in Texas blue. When Beto O’Rourke, then a ‘rising star‘ of ...

Beto O’Rourke and Arcade Fire’s Win Butler spoke about the growing possibility of a political transformation in Texas during last week’s Rolling Stone’s Fridays for Unity event. As O’Rourke noted, ...

Beto O'Rourke to run in 2020? Although Democrat Rep. Beto O'Rourke did not win a seat in the Senate, the success of his campaign in a predominantly conservative state has Democratic strategists and ...

Beto O'Rourke exposed a blue spine in Texas politics that could remake the state's congressional delegation and affect President Donald Trump's re-election prospects in 2020. By making a strong ...

Mass shootings hit in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas; the stock market crashes; and Toni Morrison passes away. Why is it that every week of the Donald Trump presidency feels like a depressing ...

They're out early, long before lunchtime, in the off-and-on rain, staking out corners and putting out their signs before the police vans and the big gravel trucks from the highway department block the ...