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The Unrealized Ambition of Beto O’Rourke

November 7, 2022 at 1:36 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Washington Post: “Beto O’Rourke has spent 1,175 of the last 2,048 days of his life running for office. Three races in six years: U.S. Senate, then president, now governor. O’Rourke is young, just 50 years old. He has become the emblem of unrealized ambition in the Democratic Party, a candidate who has kept going and going and may keep going still, even if he falls short on Tuesday.”

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