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WATCH: Beto Rejects Calls To Run For Texas Senate: It’s Not ‘Good Enough’

Molly Prince
WATCH: Beto Rejects Calls To Run For Texas Senate: It’s Not ‘Good Enough’
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Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) addressed the growing calls for him to drop out of the presidential race and instead launch a second bid for Texas’s U.S. Senate seat.

“There’s some part of me, and it’s a big part of me, that wants to stay here [in El Paso] and be with my family, and be with my community. I love El Paso,” O’Rourke said on Thursday. “There have even been some who suggested that I stay in Texas and run for Senate.”

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