# Electoral history of Beto O'Rourke

* This article is part of a series about Beto O'Rourke
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U.S. Representative from Texas's 16th congressional district
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This is the electoral history of Beto O'Rourke, who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas's 16th congressional district from 2013 to 2019. He previously served in the El Paso City Council from 2005 to 2011. O'Rourke came to national prominence during his 2018 United States Senate campaign in Texas, where he narrowly lost to incumbent Republican Ted Cruz. He later sought the 2020 Democratic nomination for President, but ended his campaign before any votes were cast.

## El Paso City Council elections
### 2005

El Paso City Council 8th district, 2005 election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nonpartisan | Beto O'Rourke | 2,769 | 56.63% |
| | Nonpartisan | Anthony Cobos (incumbent) | 2,121 | 43.37% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,890 | 100% |

### 2007

El Paso City Council 8th district, 2007 election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nonpartisan | Beto O'Rourke (incumbent) | 2,343 | 69.94% |
| | Nonpartisan | Trini Acevedo | 1,007 | 30.06% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,350 | 100% |

## United States House of Representatives elections
### 2012

Texas's 16th congressional district, 2012 Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Beto O'Rourke | 23,261 | 50.47% |
| | Democratic | Silvestre Reyes (incumbent) | 20,440 | 44.35% |
| | Democratic | Jerome Tilghman | 1,270 | 2.76% |
| | Democratic | Ben E. Mendoza | 701 | 1.52% |
| | Democratic | Paul Johnson Jr. | 419 | 0.91% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 46,091 | 100% |
Texas's 16th congressional district, 2012 general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Beto O'Rourke | 101,403 | 65.42% |
| | Republican | Barbara Carrasco | 51,043 | 32.93% |
| | Libertarian | Junart Sodoy | 2,559 | 1.65% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 155,005 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

Texas's 16th congressional district, 2014 Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Beto O'Rourke (incumbent) | 24,728 | 100.00% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 24,728 | 100% |
Texas's 16th congressional district, 2014 general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Beto O'Rourke (incumbent) | 49,338 | 67.49% |
| | Republican | Corey Roen | 21,324 | 29.17% |
| | Libertarian | Jamie O. Perez | 2,443 | 3.34% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 73,105 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

Texas's 16th congressional district, 2016 Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Beto O'Rourke (incumbent) | 40,051 | 85.58% |
| | Democratic | Ben Mendoza | 6,749 | 14.42% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 46,800 | 100% |
Texas's 16th congressional district, 2016 general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Beto O'Rourke (incumbent) | 150,228 | 85.73% |
| | Libertarian | Jaime O. Perez | 17,491 | 9.98% |
| | Green | Mary L. Gourdoux | 7,510 | 4.29% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 175,229 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

## United States Senate election
### 2018

2018 United States Senate Democratic primary in Texas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Beto O'Rourke | 644,632 | 61.81% |
| | Democratic | Sema Hernandez | 247,424 | 23.72% |
| | Democratic | Edward Kimbrough | 150,858 | 14.47% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,042,914 | 100% |
2018 United States Senate election in Texas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Ted Cruz (incumbent) | 4,260,553 | 50.89% |
| | Democratic | Beto O'Rourke | 4,045,632 | 48.33% |
| | Libertarian | Neal Dikeman | 65,470 | 0.78% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,371,655 | 100% |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## United States Presidential election
### 2020

In 2019, O'Rourke was a candidate for the 2020 Democratic nomination for President of the United States. He dropped out before voting began and endorsed Joe Biden several months later.

## Texas gubernatorial election
### 2022

Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Beto O'Rourke | 983,182 | 91.41% |
| | Democratic | Joy Diaz | 33,622 | 3.13% |
| | Democratic | Michael Cooper | 32,673 | 3.04% |
| | Democratic | Rich Wakeland | 13,237 | 1.23% |
| | Democratic | Inocencio Barrientez | 12,887 | 1.20% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,075,601 | 100% |

### Results

2022 Texas gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Greg Abbott (incumbent) | 4,426,627 | 54.80% | −1.01% |
| | Democratic | Beto O'Rourke | 3,539,135 | 43.90% | +1.29% |
| | Libertarian | Mark Tippetts | 81,660 | 1.01% | −0.69% |
| | Green | Delilah Barrios | 28,499 | 0.35% | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,077,770 | 100.00% | N/A |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |