Attorney General Ken Paxton and El Paso Democrat Beto O'Rourke, locked in a Tarrant County court dispute, now lead the race for each party's nomination for U.S. Senate, according to a new poll ...

Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke is still weighing up whether to enter his state’s 2026 Senate race amid incumbent Sen. John Cornyn’s bruising primary battle, as he called on the Democrats to be ...

Willie Nelson has millions of fans all around the world, from Dolly Parton to Snoop Dogg. But one Texas politician counts ...

Former U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke got very popular very fast when he challenged Ted Cruz in a Texas Senate race in ...

Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) gave a profanity-laced call to action Friday, saying his party is in “a basketball game” and its opponents are “clobbering the s*** out of us.” Tarrant County District ...

From left: Former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. (The Texas Tribune, The Texas Tribune) Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers ...

Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) said Democrats need to fight “fire with fire” and redistrict voters in states with the power to do so. “I think it’s time that we match fire with fire,” O’Rourke, ...

Beto O’Rourke, the former Texas Democratic congressman, onetime Senate candidate, and past presidential candidate, kept his powder dry Sunday on whether he’ll mount a campaign for Sen. John Cornyn’s ...

Beto O'Rourke is running for governor, challenging Republican Greg Abbott in a clash of two of Texas' biggest politicians. "I'm running to serve the people of Texas, and I want to make sure that we ...

The candidate said ending the legacy of slavery now had a personal connection. Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke has revealed that he and his wife Amy are descended from slave owners. In ...

O'Rourke's long-shot Senate candidacy in 2018 made him a Democratic star. Former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke, whose ultimately unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate in 2018 earned him a fervent and ...

The nickname Beto, a shortened version of Roberto, was given to O’Rourke by his parents. Speaks Spanish fluently. He named his son, Ulysses, after the Greek hero in Homer’s Odyssey. O’Rourke was a ...