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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.  

O'Rourke is widely expected to announce his 2022 candidacy for [[governor]] of Texas, a course which could pit him against incumbent [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Greg Abbott]].

In 2022 O'Rourke is running for office again, this time for [[governor]] of Texas against [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Greg Abbott]].

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>Multiple references:

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>Multiple references: