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)
• With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Beto O'Rourke, a 39-year-old former city councilman who portrayed the Democratic incumbent as ineffectual and past his prime, defeated Reyes by 50.5 percent to 44.3 percent.
(Politico.com)
• One Hispanic incumbent, Democratic U.S. Representative Silvestre Reyes, seeking a ninth term in Congress, was losing in the Democratic primary to challenger Beto ORourke, a former member of the El Paso City Council.
(YAHOO!)
• In other congressional primaries held Tuesday in Texas, Rep.
(Washington Post)
• He was narrowly defeated by former city councilman Beto ORourke, who favors legalizing marijuana but has said he wouldnt push for that in Congress.
(MySanAntonio)
• Silvestre Reyes may be the one incumbent to lose his seat in a primary. Reyes faced a challenge in his safely Democratic and heavily Hispanic district from Beto O'Rourke, an Anglo former El Paso City Council member.
(Daily Beast)
• Rep. Silvestre Reyes, an eight-term incumbent Democrat, is facing an upstart challenge from Robert "Beto" O'Rourke, a former El Paso Council member, while Rep. Ralph M. Hall, a Republican from the Red River Valley, faces several opponents.
(Washington Post)
• 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)
• In El Paso, early voting showed U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes trailing challenger Beto ORourke. ■ State Rep.
(Austin American-Statesman)