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Based on O'Rourke's successful fund-raising, large crowds at campaign rallies, and respectable opinion polling, the magazine ''Politico'' declared that "Beto-mania" is sweeping Texas, an early warning to Senator Ted Cruz that he could be unseated in a "blue wave" in the November general election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/07/09/beto-mania-sweeps-texas-218961|title=Beto-mania Sweeps Texas|publisher=''Politico'' magazine|date=July 9, 2018|author=Ben Schreckinger|accessdate=July 13, 2018}}</ref>
Based on O'Rourke's successful fund-raising, large crowds at campaign rallies, and respectable opinion polling, the magazine ''Politico'' declared that "Beto-mania" is sweeping Texas, an early warning to Senator Ted Cruz that he could be unseated in a "blue wave" in the November general election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/07/09/beto-mania-sweeps-texas-218961|title=Beto-mania Sweeps Texas|publisher=''Politico'' magazine|date=July 9, 2018|author=Ben Schreckinger|accessdate=July 13, 2018}}</ref>
In August 2018, O'Rourke embarked on a 34-day road trip of all 254 counties in a white Dodge Grand Caravan. He stopped in such faraway rural communities as Archer City on the north central plains, which is portrayed as a dying town in the 1971 Peter Bogdanovich film, ''The Last Picture Show''. O'Rourke is the first Democrat to campaign for the Senate in Archer City since [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in 1948. Rarely has a Democratic candidate in Texas paid such close attention to rural counties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lmtonline.com/news/politics/texas/article/Democrat-Beto-O-Rourke-woos-rural-Texans-in-GOP-13145491.php?utm_campaign=hptexas|title=Democrat Beto O'Rourke woos rural Texans in GOP strongholds, ignoring party playbook|publisher=''[[Laredo Morning Times]]''|date=August 10, 2018|author=Kevin Diaz|accessdate=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
O'Rourke is expected to be succeeded in the House by fellow Democrat Veronica Escobar, who faces the Republican challenge of Rick Seeberger in the November 6 general election. In the March 6 primary, 49,868 voted in the District 16 Democratic contest, compared to only 10,489 on the Republican side.
O'Rourke is expected to be succeeded in the House by fellow Democrat Veronica Escobar, who faces the Republican challenge of Rick Seeberger in the November 6 general election. In the March 6 primary, 49,868 voted in the District 16 Democratic contest, compared to only 10,489 on the Republican side.