Former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke joined the 2020 presidential race on Thursday.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY CANDIDATE BETO O'ROURKE, SAYING: "Amy and I are happy to share with you that I'm running to serve you as the next president of the United States of America." Beto O'Rourke is running for president.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY CANDIDATE BETO O'ROURKE, SAYING: "This is going to be a positive campaign, that seeks to bring out the very best from every single one of us.
That seeks to unite a very divided county." O'Rourke's age, 47, sets him apart among the big-name potential and declared Democratic candidates.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY CANDIDATE BETO O'ROURKE, SAYING: "Let's show ourselves, and those who will succeed us in this great country just who we are, and what we can do.
O'Rourke will need to persuade Democrats not just of his ideas, but that he can carry the party to victory over Donald Trump.
U.S. Representative Tim Ryan, a moderate Ohio Democrat from a blue-collar district who has touted his appeal to the working-class voters who fled the party in 2016, said on Thursday he will enter the..