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Democrat Beto O'Rourke running for Texas governor in 2022
Yahoo! News ^ | 15/11/21 | Paul Weber

Posted on 11/15/2021 6:21:40 AM PST by Eleutheria5

PAUL J. WEBER Mon, November 15, 2021, 4:01 PM·6 min read In this article:

Greg Abbott 48th Governor of Texas, since 2015 Explore the topics mentioned in this article

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrat Beto O’Rourke is running for governor of Texas, pursuing a blue breakthrough in America’s biggest red state after his star-making U.S. Senate campaign in 2018 put him closer than anyone in decades.

O'Rourke's announcement Monday kicks off a third run for office in as many election cycles. He burst into the 2020 Democratic presidential primary as a party phenomena but dropped out just eight months later as money and fanfare dried up.

“It's not going to be easy. But it is possible," O'Rourke said in an interview with The Associated Press ahead of his announcement. “I do believe, very strongly, from listening to people in this state that they’re very unhappy with the direction that (Gov.) Greg Abbott has taken Texas.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2; 2022; beto; betoorourke; bobblehead; candidate; gregabbott; gubernatorial; texas
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Beto, first thing you have to do is stop making kissy faces at yourself in the mirror. Beto? Beto? You paid me a big chunk of cash to be your campaign consultant, so the least you can do is list--BETO!!
1 posted on 11/15/2021 6:21:40 AM PST by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

It’ll only another 2-3 million illegals to get him in.


2 posted on 11/15/2021 6:22:55 AM PST by albie
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To: Eleutheria5

He must have a political death wish to run in this particular off year election.


3 posted on 11/15/2021 6:23:40 AM PST by conejo99
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To: Eleutheria5

Its a remote fantasy!


4 posted on 11/15/2021 6:24:22 AM PST by The MAGA-Deplorian ( Democrats are lawless because Republicans are ball-less!)
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To: Eleutheria5

Isn’t this the guy that was going into breakfast joints to talk to people last time he ran and people just ignored him?

You go boy! Lol


5 posted on 11/15/2021 6:24:59 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: conejo99

They have the fraud tuned, they think they can pull it off.


6 posted on 11/15/2021 6:27:45 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: V_TWIN
We don't like the direction Texas is heading. We do not fart. That's a racist canard. Look at me. I got four stomachs. If any of them get gas build-up, I need surgery. Global warming, my ass.


7 posted on 11/15/2021 6:32:44 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Juck Foe Biden!)
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To: Eleutheria5

He is and idiot, and eats dirt. Makes his family eat it, too.


8 posted on 11/15/2021 6:33:30 AM PST by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: Eleutheria5

He is and idiot, and eats dirt. Makes his family eat it, too.


9 posted on 11/15/2021 6:33:32 AM PST by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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Stop calling him Beto. His name is Robert Francis O’Rourke


10 posted on 11/15/2021 6:33:40 AM PST by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imaginationd)
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To: mfish13

Bon apetite.


11 posted on 11/15/2021 6:34:03 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Juck Foe Biden!)
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To: dsrtsage

He’s a Beto version of a new app: Jack-ass for smartphones.


12 posted on 11/15/2021 6:34:59 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Juck Foe Biden!)
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To: Eleutheria5

Beano O-Dork returns like a bad case of herpes.


13 posted on 11/15/2021 6:37:58 AM PST by 2CAVTrooper (One Nation, Under Fraud Completely Visible, With Spying and Lying Too All.)
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It’ll only another 2-3 million illegals to get him in.
Along with George Soro's money.
14 posted on 11/15/2021 6:38:01 AM PST by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: Eleutheria5

RUN Beto RUN ,LOL


15 posted on 11/15/2021 6:38:13 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: Eleutheria5

After losing this race for governor, Betobutthead needs to run for president a few more times so he can beat the losing records for Pat Paulsen, Lyndon LaRouche, Gus Hall, and Eugene V. Debs.


16 posted on 11/15/2021 6:38:44 AM PST by Carl Vehse (A proud member of the LGBFJB community)
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To: Eleutheria5

As long as Republicans like Cornyn keep assisting the Democrats to import a permanent majority it is only a matter of time before they flip Texas.


17 posted on 11/15/2021 6:39:57 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Eleutheria5

They mean Francis, right?


18 posted on 11/15/2021 6:40:41 AM PST by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: conejo99

Bye bye Beto!


19 posted on 11/15/2021 6:41:32 AM PST by Don Corleone (leave the gun, take the canolis)
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To: Darksheare
"They have the fraud tuned, they think they can pull it off.

Man, it'll be Virginia all over agai...wait...

20 posted on 11/15/2021 6:42:17 AM PST by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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