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    Beto O'Rourke formally launches 2020 campaign, but where does the hoopla go from here?

    by Janet Hook, Los Angeles Times Mar 31, 2019 5 minutes

    HOUSTON - Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke entered the 2020 presidential race two weeks ago with more media attention and hoopla than any of the 14 other Democratic candidates.

    But as he formally launched his campaign Saturday, he faces the challenge of turning his splashy entrance into a durable top-tier candidacy.

    Many voters have been uncertain about what O'Rourke stands for, and a series of launch rallies across Texas on Saturday - in El Paso, Houston and Austin - gave him a high-profile opportunity to distill a campaign message.

    He outlined an agenda of issues that were not very different from his Democratic rivals - universal health care, criminal justice reform, combating climate change and more - but cast himself as a kind of transcendent leader who could

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