Beto O'Rourke doesn't want Nancy Pelosi to stump for him for Senate
U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-El Paso, said Saturday he admires House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, but he doesn’t want her or anyone else from outside Texas to campaign for him in his bid to oust Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in 2018.
O’Rourke, speaking with Texas Tribune co-founder and CEO Evan Smith at the University of Texas as part of the Texas Tribune Festival, also noted that he had called Pelosi last year to tell her that, much as he admires her, in the spirit of his support for term limits, he would not back her for another term as party leader.
O’Rourke backed Rep. Tim Ryan’s unsuccessful challenge of Pelosi. Ryan, from Ohio, and O’Rourke are both 44 and in their third term in Congress. Pelosi is 77 and was first elected to Congress in 1986.
O’Rourke pledged to serve no more than four terms in the House and has pledged to serve no more than two terms in the Senate if he is elected.
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