Former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke speaks to attendees during a "Our Fight, Our Future" rally at The Millennium bowling alley on Oct. 2, 2024 in Austin, Texas (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
He lost a 2022 Lone Star State gubernatorial bid to incumbent GOP Gov. Greg Abbott.
The Democrat announced but later dropped a presidential bid in 2019.
He lost a 2018 U.S. Senate contest to incumbent Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.
Former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke speaks during his visit to The Cambridge Union on March 17, 2023, in Cambridge, England. (Nordin Catic/Getty Images For The Cambridge Union)
Responding to a post on X regarding O'Rourke's comment that he would run if that's what Texans want, GOP Sen. Mike Lee of Utah tweeted, "They don't."
Texas state Rep. Mitch Little, a Republican, tweeted, "'THIS SUMMER…from the producers who brought you ‘BETO’ and ‘BETO,’ you’ll fall in love—again—with ‘BETO.’"
Incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who has served in the Senate for more than two decades, is up for re-election in 2026.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has mounted a Republican Senate primary challenge against Cornyn.
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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