Electoral history of Beto O'Rourke

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This is the electoral history of Beto O'Rourke, who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas's 16th congressional district from 2013 to 2019. He previously served in the El Paso City Council from 2005 to 2011. O'Rourke came to national prominence during his 2018 United States Senate campaign in Texas, where he narrowly lost to incumbent Republican Ted Cruz. He later sought the 2020 Democratic nomination for President, but ended his campaign before any votes were cast.

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El Paso City Council elections

2005

El Paso City Council 8th district, 2005 election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Beto O'Rourke 2,769 56.63%
Nonpartisan Anthony Cobos (incumbent)2,12143.37%
Total votes4,890 100%

2007

El Paso City Council 8th district, 2007 election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Beto O'Rourke (incumbent) 2,343 69.94%
Nonpartisan Trini Acevedo1,00730.06%
Total votes3,350 100%

United States House of Representatives elections

2012

Texas's 16th congressional district, 2012 Democratic primary [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Beto O'Rourke 23,261 50.47%
Democratic Silvestre Reyes (incumbent)20,44044.35%
Democratic Jerome Tilghman1,2702.76%
Democratic Ben E. Mendoza7011.52%
Democratic Paul Johnson Jr.4190.91%
Total votes46,091 100%
Texas's 16th congressional district, 2012 general election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Beto O'Rourke 101,403 65.42%
Republican Barbara Carrasco 51,04332.93%
Libertarian Junart Sodoy2,5591.65%
Total votes155,005 100%
Democratic hold

2014

Texas's 16th congressional district, 2014 Democratic primary [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Beto O'Rourke (incumbent) 24,728 100.00%
Total votes24,728 100%
Texas's 16th congressional district, 2014 general election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Beto O'Rourke (incumbent) 49,338 67.49%
Republican Corey Roen21,32429.17%
Libertarian Jamie O. Perez2,4433.34%
Total votes73,105 100%
Democratic hold

2016

Texas's 16th congressional district, 2016 Democratic primary [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Beto O'Rourke (incumbent) 40,051 85.58%
Democratic Ben Mendoza6,74914.42%
Total votes46,800 100%
Texas's 16th congressional district, 2016 general election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Beto O'Rourke (incumbent) 150,228 85.73%
Libertarian Jaime O. Perez17,4919.98%
Green Mary L. Gourdoux7,5104.29%
Total votes175,229 100%
Democratic hold

United States Senate election

2018

2018 United States Senate Democratic primary in Texas [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Beto O'Rourke 644,632 61.81%
Democratic Sema Hernandez247,42423.72%
Democratic Edward Kimbrough150,85814.47%
Total votes1,042,914 100%
2018 United States Senate election in Texas [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ted Cruz (incumbent) 4,260,553 50.89%
Democratic Beto O'Rourke 4,045,63248.33%
Libertarian Neal Dikeman65,4700.78%
Total votes8,371,655 100%
Republican hold

United States Presidential election

2020

In 2019, O'Rourke was a candidate for the 2020 Democratic nomination for President of the United States. He dropped out before voting began and endorsed Joe Biden several months later.

Texas gubernatorial election

2022

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Beto O'Rourke 983,182 91.41%
Democratic Joy Diaz33,6223.13%
Democratic Michael Cooper32,6733.04%
Democratic Rich Wakeland13,2371.23%
Democratic Inocencio Barrientez12,8871.20%
Total votes1,075,601 100%

Results

2022 Texas gubernatorial election [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Greg Abbott (incumbent) 4,426,627 54.80% −1.01%
Democratic Beto O'Rourke 3,539,13543.90%+1.29%
Libertarian Mark Tippetts81,6601.01%−0.69%
Green Delilah Barrios28,4990.35%N/A
Total votes8,077,770 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

References

  1. ↑ "Our Campaigns - El Paso City Council District 8 Race - May 07, 2005". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Our Campaigns - El Paso City Council District 8 Race - May 12, 2007". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  3. ↑ "2012 Democratic Party Primary Election". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  4. ↑ "2012 General Election". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  5. ↑ "2014 Democratic Party Primary Election". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  6. ↑ "2014 General Election". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  7. ↑ "2016 Democratic Party Primary Election". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  8. ↑ "2016 General Election". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  9. ↑ "2018 Democratic Party Primary Election". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  10. ↑ "2018 General Election". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Texas Election Results".
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