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Now back to headliners, beto o rourke. in 2011, beto o rourke took on the establishment by challenging sitting texas senator silvestre reyes. the underdog wasn t only facing an entrenched core of reyes supporters in el paso. he was also up against reyes powerful friends in washington, d.c. to fight back, beto used a relatively new strategy, putting to use his skills on social media, reaching out to the masses for smaller donations. beto raised, frankly, not a bad amount of money. but he wasn t going to be able to match it. with president obama and former president bill clinton ....
And the idea was dropped. but just two years later, beto o rourke would take on el paso s powerful congressman in a far bigger contest. gunning for his congressional seat. silvestre reyes was a longtime congressman. he had a lot of seniority in washington. bill clinton campaigned on his behalf. when beto first entered the race, i think silvestre reyes took him lightly. reyes had been in office for a number of years, had never faced a significant challenge. in september 2011, beto began his race and a ground game that would become the candidate s trademark strategy. he obviously loves to campaign. he is really natural with meeting people. voters in west texas were open to beto s ideas and enthusiasm. but there was one obvious and unavoidable challenge for beto. demographics. it s a really heavily mexican-american community, el ....
Paso. beto is obviously not hispanic. and silvestre reyes is mexican-american, so just playing on pure identity politics, you know, a 6 4 irish white dude might not have had a chance. coming up, with his opponent backed by democratic heavyweights and a firm base of support, beto would face yet another hurdle. this one from his past. if you have a garden you know, ....
Voicing support for reyes, it looked like the status quo would prevail in west texas. but the cavalry in the form of a super pac was on its way. late in the campaign, you have this super pac that gets engaged. their purported purpose was, we believe primary elections should be more competitive, that too many people get passes in primary elections. the super pac bombed reyes with negative ads. silvestre reyes s time in congress adds up. reyes claimed one of the donors with ties to the super pac was bill sanders, beto s father-in-law, a wealthy real estate developer. i think the reyes campaign was pissed. they viewed it with some anger, and they went after him, o rourke, pretty hard. beto o rourke wants to be a congressman. ....