Beto O’Rourke Enters Race for Texas Governor

Beto O'Rourke speaks at the We Are the Moral Resurrection! Georgetown-to-Austin March for Democracy rally to support voting rights at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on July 31, 2021. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images

Beto O’Rourke announced his run for Texas governor on Nov. 15, targeting the incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott who is seeking a third term.

“I’m running to serve the people of Texas, and I want to make sure that we have a governor that serves everyone, helps to bring this state together to do the really big things before us and get past the small, divisive politics and policies of Greg Abbott,” O’Rourke, a Democrat, said in an interview with The Texas Tribune. “It is time for change.”