Beto O'Rourke wont defer to Joaquin Castro in mulling U.S. Senate bid
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U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-El Paso, said at the state Capitol on Saturday that U.S. Rep. Joaquín Castro, D-San Antonio, would make a great U.S. senator. But O’Rourke said he doesn’t plan on deferring to Castro in making his own decision about whether to seek the Democratic nomination to challenge GOP U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in 2018.
“I’ll say this about Joaquín, I think he is a great person, a very good friend. He would make an outstanding candidate for the Senate and would be a terrific senator from the state of Texas,” O’Rourke said. “And I know that he’s got a decision that he needs to make. But I want folks to understand that I have nothing but respect for Joaquín and, yet, I can’t make any of the decisions I can control based on him or anyone else, so I’ve just got to do what I think is best for the state of Texas.”
O’Rourke made the comments in an interview with the American-Statesman in front of the Tejano Monument just before the “No Ban/No Wall” rally protesting the Trump administration’s border and immigration policies. Both O’Rourke and Castro spoke during the rally.
Two Saturdays ago, Castro told about 300 supporters at the Scoot Inn in East Austin that he would make a decision on whether to run for the Senate in eight weeks.
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I am very much inclined to vote for someone who is bright, intelligent, articulate, & has actual experience of just what it's like to live on the border. He started his own business & it's now a successful enterprise. He has my support.
However, on our way out of the meeting, the "Old Guard" let it be known that "we can't give our support yet, since we haven't heard all of the candidates," which we all took to mean "We're supporting Castro and expect you to do the same." The same people who threw all of their support to HRC, the DNC, & the State Party, figuring that they can keep running elections the with the same game plan that always loses, because, hey, it might work some time. 
