Beto unsuccessfully ran for the [[Democrat]]ic presidential nomination in 2020, dropping out in 2019 months before the first primary. Prior to that, he lost in his bid to represent [[Texas]] in the [[U.S. Senate]]. Previously he 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> Beto has received financial contributions from [[Jeffrey Epstein]], and [[liberal]]s seem to delight in his misleading nickname. | Beto unsuccessfully ran for the [[Democrat]]ic presidential nomination in 2020, dropping out in 2019 months before the first primary. Prior to that, he lost in his bid to represent [[Texas]] in the [[U.S. Senate]]. Previously he 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> Beto has received financial contributions from [[Jeffrey Epstein]], and [[liberal]]s seem to delight in his misleading nickname. |