Despite Loss in Senate Race, A National Star Emerges in Texas

Shouts of “Beto 2020!” filled the air in El Paso’s 7
th Street Plaza on Saturday as Beto O’Rourke, the Democratic congressman from El Paso, took the stage to deliver his first major speech since his narrow loss to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in November.

The crowd, which was estimated at around 1,000, was a mix of young and