Beto O'Rourke jumps into 2020 with video: 'I am running to serve you as the next president' [View all]

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Source: Dallas Morning News

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 3-minute video that his campaign planned to post online at 6:30 a.m.

"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 as O'Rourke seeks to harness the buzz he generated in a near-miss bid to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz last fall.

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