Like many young folks in the brain-drained border zone, he grew up wanting to leave El Paso, he said. Roque Planas/HuffPost An overflow crowd watches Beto O'Rourke make a campaign speech in McAllen, Texas, on Aug. 18, 2018. Battleground Texas O’Rourke’s strategy isn’t new — Democrats have been trying to increase their turnout in Texas for a generation. The obvious explanation was that the region’s predominantly Latino voters opted for the candidate with the more Spanish-sounding name. But more importantly, attacking his identity drew attention to O’Rourke’s border background.

Source: Huffington Post September 02, 2018 01:07 UTC