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'''Robert Francis O'Rourke,''' (''Celtic:'' '''Roibeárd Ó Ruairc''') known as '''Beto O'Rourke''' and formerly as '''Rob O'Rourke''' (born September 26, 1972), served from 2013 to 2019 as the [[U.S. Representative]] for [[Texas]]'s 16th congressional district, based in his native [[El Paso]], the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]]'s (DEA) headquarters for the [[Western Hemisphere]].<ref>https://www.dea.gov/el-paso-intelligence-center-epic</ref> He was the unsuccessful [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] nominee for the [[United States Senate]] in 2018.  Beto has received financial contributions from [[Jeffrey Epstein]].  

'''Robert Francis O'Rourke,''' (''Celtic:'' '''Roibeárd Ó Ruairc''') known as '''Beto O'Rourke''' and formerly as '''Rob O'Rourke''' (born September 26, 1972), served from 2013 to 2019 as the [[U.S. Representative]] for [[Texas]]'s 16th congressional district, based in his native [[El Paso]], the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]]'s (DEA) headquarters for the [[Western Hemisphere]].<ref>https://www.dea.gov/el-paso-intelligence-center-epic</ref> He was the unsuccessful [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] nominee for the [[United States Senate]] in 2018.  Beto has received financial contributions from [[Jeffrey Epstein]].  

O'Rourke, who supports the [[Green New Deal]], accepted $476,325 from the oil and gas industry after taking the "No Fossil Fuel Money" pledge,<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/executive-producer-of-new-beto-doc-carbon-based-fuels-rule-the-world-thats-not-going-to-change/</ref> making him the second-biggest recipient of fossil fuel money in Congress.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.php?ind=E01++</ref> Initially O'Rourke's [[white privilege]] propelled him into the top ranks of [[2020 presidential election|2020 Democratic presidential contenders]]; the more he spoke the more his poll numbers faltered. On November 1, 2019 Beto pulled the plug on his campaign which never really got off the ground.

O'Rourke, who supports the [[Green New Deal]], accepted $476,325 from the oil and gas industry after taking the "No Fossil Fuel Money" pledge,<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/executive-producer-of-new-beto-doc-carbon-based-fuels-rule-the-world-thats-not-going-to-change/</ref> making him the second-biggest recipient of fossil fuel money in Congress.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.php?ind=E01++</ref> Initially O'Rourke's [[white privilege]] propelled him into the top ranks of [[2020 presidential election|2020 Democratic presidential contenders]]; the more he spoke the more his poll numbers faltered. On November 1, 2019 Beto pulled the plug on his campaign which never really got off the ground.<ref>Spiering, Charlie (November 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/11/01/bye-bye-beto-a-look-back-at-beto-orourkes-flailed-failed-presidential-campaign/ Bye Bye Beto: A Look Back at Beto O’Rourke’s Flailed, Failed Presidential Campaign]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 1, 2019.</ref>

O'Rourke was elected to the first of his three terms in Congress in November 2012. Earlier in the year he had unseated the incumbent Representative Silvestre Reyes, a fellow Democrat. Before his congressional years, the [[business]]man O'Rourke represented District 8 on the El Paso City Council. Although El Paso ranks as America's 22nd largest city, if the Mexican City of Juarez were included in the metropolitan area, El Paso-Juarez would be the 5th largest city in America, ranked between [[Houston]] and [[Phoenix]].

O'Rourke was elected to the first of his three terms in Congress in November 2012. Earlier in the year he had unseated the incumbent Representative Silvestre Reyes, a fellow Democrat. Before his congressional years, the [[business]]man O'Rourke represented District 8 on the El Paso City Council. Although El Paso ranks as America's 22nd largest city, if the Mexican City of Juarez were included in the metropolitan area, El Paso-Juarez would be the 5th largest city in America, ranked between [[Houston]] and [[Phoenix]].