Beto O'Rourke
American politician
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| February 2024 | O'Rourke expressed support for a campaign to vote 'uncommitted' in the 2024 Michigan Democratic presidential primary to pressure President Biden to end the Israel-Hamas war. |
| 2023 | Beto O'Rourke published a book titled 'We've Got to Try: How the Fight for Voting Rights Makes Everything Else Possible' through Flatiron Books. |
| December 17 2023 | Beto O'Rourke's mother died from cancer. |
| 2022 | In his 2022 gubernatorial campaign in Texas, Beto O'Rourke advocated for increasing teachers' salaries and funding for public schools, opposing school voucher systems that would divert funds to private institutions. |
| 2022 | Beto O'Rourke was defeated by Republican incumbent Greg Abbott in the Texas gubernatorial election. |
| December 20 2022 | Beto O'Rourke's sister, Erin, died at the age of 42. O'Rourke had been her legal guardian at one time. |
| May 25 2022 | O'Rourke confronted Texas Governor Greg Abbott during a press conference following the Robb Elementary School shooting, accusing him of doing nothing to prevent such tragedies and criticizing his stance on gun regulations. |
| March 1 2022 | O'Rourke won the Democratic nomination for the Texas gubernatorial election. |
| November 15 2021 | Beto O'Rourke announced his bid for Governor of Texas in the 2022 gubernatorial election. |
| February 18 2021 | In response to the North American winter storm that hit Texas from February 13-17, O'Rourke organized virtual phone banks that made 784,000 wellness calls to senior citizens in one day. |
| 2020 | During his 2020 presidential election campaign, Beto O'Rourke released a $500 billion education plan aimed at closing funding gaps and creating incentives for states and districts to ensure fair funding for public schools and competitive wages for teachers. |
| 2020 | After his presidential campaign ended, O'Rourke actively campaigned for Texas House of Representatives candidates, specifically supporting Eliz Markowitz and Lorraine Birabil. |
| 2020 | In the 2020 presidential primary, Beto O'Rourke shifted his stance from supporting Medicare for All to favoring a proposal he termed 'Medicare for America'. |
| March 2 2020 | On March 2, 2020, Beto O'Rourke endorsed Joe Biden at a rally in Dallas, Texas, one day before Super Tuesday. |
| 2019 | Beto O'Rourke concluded his service in the U.S. House of Representatives after his term ended. |
| December 2019 | Beto O'Rourke founded the political action committee 'Powered by People', a hybrid PAC that operates both like a super PAC and a traditional PAC. |
| November 1 2019 | O'Rourke suspended his presidential campaign due to a lack of traction and financial issues, and endorsed Joe Biden on the same day. |
| October 2019 | During his presidential campaign, Beto O'Rourke proposed to remove the tax-exempt status of religious organizations that oppose same-sex marriage at CNN's Equality Town Hall, asserting that no institution should benefit in this way if they deny civil rights. |
| September 2019 | During a Democratic presidential debate, O'Rourke reiterated his commitment to a mandatory buyback of assault weapons, firmly stating, 'Hell yes, we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47.' |
| September 10 2019 | O'Rourke campaign expanded leadership team, appointing Delilah Agho-Otoghile (former Stacey Abrams 2018 Gubernatorial Campaign field director) to head Texas leadership. Additional key appointments included Andy Brown as senior adviser, Chris Chu de León as senior Texas political adviser, and Laura Hernandez and Sima Ladjevardian as finance director and senior finance adviser respectively. |
| August 2019 | In the aftermath of the El Paso shooting, O'Rourke called for a complete ban on assault rifles and high-capacity magazines, proposing a mandatory buyback program for existing weapons. |
| July 2019 | A poll in Texas found O'Rourke leading all candidates by 3 points at 27% support, representing a 12-point increase from the previous month's University of Texas poll. |
| July 24 2019 | O'Rourke held a presidential forum in Detroit and a town hall in Flint, highlighting climate change as the 'greatest existential challenge'. |
| July 17 2019 | Aisha McClendon stepped down from her role as Chief of Staff to Texas House Representative Toni Rose to become the campaign's national director of African American outreach. |
| July 11 2019 | O'Rourke spoke at the League of United Latin American Citizens national convention in Milwaukee, advocating for immigration law reforms. |
| July 7 2019 | O'Rourke held a campaign rally in Nashville, Tennessee, pledging citizenship for DACA recipients and releasing asylum seekers from federal detention. |
| June 15 2019 | O'Rourke participated in a South Carolina forum, expressing support for affordable housing and federal resources. |
| June 6 2019 | O'Rourke spoke at the Democratic National Committee's I Will Vote Gala in Atlanta, proposing to register 50 million new voters and supporting Election Day as a national holiday. |
| June 1 2019 | O'Rourke delivered remarks at the California Democratic Party Convention in San Francisco, discussing border states and immigration policies. |
| May 21 2019 | O'Rourke participated in a CNN town hall moderated by Dana Bash, which attracted 714,000 viewers. |
| May 9 2019 | O'Rourke campaign hired Jeff Berman as senior adviser for delegate strategy, who previously served as a delegate selection director for Barack Obama and a delegate strategist for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. |
| April 2019 | O'Rourke called Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu a 'racist' following his comments about annexing settlements in the occupied West Bank after the 2019 Israeli election. |
| April 2019 | O'Rourke called the U.S.–Israel relationship 'one of the most important relationships that we have on the planet.' |
| April 2019 | O'Rourke publicly compared President Trump's rhetoric on immigrants to language used in Nazi Germany. |
| April 2019 | O'Rourke publicly stated he was not concerned with or following campaign polls, reaffirming his approach from his Senate campaign of not hiring pollsters or participating in focus groups. |
| April 28 2019 | O'Rourke conducted a town hall at the United Irish Cultural Center in San Francisco, discussing climate change and pledging to block the Keystone XL Tar Sands pipeline if elected president. |
| April 27 2019 | O'Rourke held a rally at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, addressing the Poway synagogue shooting and advocating for universal background checks to reduce gun deaths. |
| April 12 2019 | O'Rourke held a rally in Bluffton, South Carolina, discussing border security and criticizing President Trump's approach to the US-Mexico border wall. |
| March 2019 | O'Rourke called for ending U.S. involvement in the Iraq War and the War in Afghanistan. |
| March 2019 | O'Rourke accused President Trump of collusion with Russia to undermine and influence U.S. elections. |
| March 14 2019 | Beto O'Rourke announced his candidacy for the 2020 United States presidential election. |
| March 13 2019 | On March 13, 2019, KTSM-TV reported that Beto O'Rourke had decided to run for president in 2020, marking the beginning of his presidential campaign. |
| February 2019 | In an interview, O'Rourke indicated he would tear down the wall between El Paso and the southern US border, criticizing it for forcing migrants into inhospitable areas. |
| 2018 | During his Senate campaign, Beto O'Rourke's opponent, Ted Cruz, accused him of seeking to legalize heroin. |
| 2018 | Beto O'Rourke received the Prize for Civility in Public Life from Allegheny College, an award he shared with Texas Republican Will Hurd. |
| 2018 | In the third quarter of 2018, O'Rourke raised over $38 million, which was three times the amount raised by Cruz for the same period. |
| 2018 | During the second quarter of 2018, O'Rourke raised $10.4 million, significantly surpassing his opponent, Ted Cruz, who raised $4.6 million. |
| 2018 | O'Rourke's total fundraising for his Senate campaign reached $80 million, marking the highest amount ever raised by a U.S. Senate candidate. |
| 2018 | In late 2018, speculation began regarding Beto O'Rourke's potential run in the United States presidential election for 2020, with discussions surrounding his Senate campaign and its implications for his presidential aspirations. |
| 2018 | During his campaign for the U.S. Senate in 2018, Beto O'Rourke initially supported Medicare for All. |
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