Democrat Beto O'Rourke Joins 2020 Presidential Race

Texas representative and senatorial Democratic Party candidate Beto O'Rourke delivers a speech at the University of Texas, in El Paso, Texas, on Nov. 5, 2018. Paul Ratje/AFP/Getty Images

Beto O'Rourke, the Democrat who gained national attention in 2018 when he ran a long-shot bid for a U.S. Senate seat in Texas, on March 14 announced his bid for the presidency in the 2020 election.

The 46-year-old O'Rourke, a former three-term congressman, announced his bid in a video posted online.