Beto O'Rourke

• A Texas congressional candidate who favors marijuana legalization led eight-term incumbent El Paso Rep. Silvestre Reyes Tuesday in the Democratic primary for the congressional district closest to Mexicos Ciudad Juarez.
(Huffington Post)
• In other congressional primaries held Tuesday in Texas, Rep.
(Washington Post)
• Returns still trickling in from El Paso County. Beto ORourke is leading with 50.3 percent to Rep. Silvestre Reyes 44.5 percent. This will take a while to see if theres a runoff or not. Or a recount.
(Dallas Morning News (blog))
• He's also burnished an official endorsement from President Barack Obama after facing $200,000 in negative outside spending and a credible Democratic opponent, Beto O'Rourke, a former El Paso city councilman.
(Wall Street Journal)
• The race for a seat in the House of Representatives turned sharply negative Tuesday evening when U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-El Paso, announced he would run a television ad attacking the character of his strongest opponent.
(El Paso Times)
• At a state level you cant neglect the Hispanic community, which is growing, but in border cities we absolutely must deal with border issues because they concern Hispanics and they are the majority, said Beto ORourke, who is challenging incumbent Rep.
(FOX News)
• With a new TV ad, an independent anti-incumbent super PAC is lobbing allegations of corruption into the congressional primary race heating up in El Paso, Texas. The spot from the Campaign for Primary Accountability portrays Rep.
(Huffington Post)
• El Paso's Democratic Party has been divided against itself for years, but nowhere is the gulf wider than the bitter race between Congressman Silvestre Reyes and challenger Beto O'Rourke.
(elpasoinc.com)
• Nick Lampson in the fall. • TX-16 (D): Veteran Rep. Silvestre Reyes faces a stiff primary challenge from former El Paso City Councilor Beto ORourke, who, in keeping with his earlier political career, has cast himself as the progressive outsider.
(DAILY KOS)