Beto O'Rourke said Monday morning he's running for governor, ending months of speculation with a two-minute videotaped message that hammers Republican incumbent Greg Abbott for pushing "a really small vision" for a state as big as Texas. O'Rourke, a former three-term Democratic congressman from El Paso, said he envisions a state where people are "working together on the truly big things we want to achieve for one another." O’Rourke is the first high-profile Democrat to announce his intention to run for the seat, giving his party a serious contender at the top of the ticket. Democrats are hopeful his gubernatorial campaign will replicate the success O'Rourke saw in 2018, when he came within 2.6 percentage points of unseating U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz. Tap our link in bio to read more about his upcoming campaign.