Beto O'Rourke Makes It Official: ‘I Am Running to Serve You as the Next President'

DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Beto O'Rourke formally launched a bid for the White House on Thursday morning, announcing his long-anticipated campaign with an online video ahead of a three-day swing through Iowa."'I am running to serve you as the next president," he says in a 4-minute video that will be posted online at 6:30 a.m. Thursday."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 country. We saw the power of this in Texas," the former three-term congressman from El Paso says, his wife, Amy, seated beside him as he looks into the camera.The announcement ends four months of suspense.  Continue reading...