Beto O’Rourke got more media attention than any of his rivals — except for Sen. Bernie Sanders — when he got into the 2020 race. Now he has to prove himself a candidate with staying power.
Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke greets supporters during a campaign rally Saturday in his hometown of El Paso. two weeks ago with more media attention and hoopla than any of the 14 other Democratic candidates.
But his bipartisan call may grate on the nerves of more combative Democratic partisans who are fueled by anger at President Trump. O’Rourke has acknowledged the challenge he faces as a white male candidate in a diverse party, with several black and female rivals for the nomination, and he has pledged to build a staff that “looks like America.” On Saturday, he tipped his hat to the importance of black voters by holding his Houston rally at Texas Southern University, one of the country’s largest historically black colleges.
“When he first announced, people were trying to figure out if he was a flash in the pan or is he the one,” said Brian Fallon, former advisor to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. “The fact he raised $6 million in the first day said he wasn’t a flash in the pan. Hiring Jennifer O’Malley Dillon is another touchstone that this is a real candidate.
He returned to Texas for a home-state show of force in his formal launch, a strategy like California Sen.at the beginning of her campaign, when she drew a crowd of over 20,000. His Houston rally at Texas Southern University came just one week after Harris appeared on the same campus for
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