Sun Dec 16, 2018, 01:46 PM

What?! Beto didn't run for re-election to the house?

I just assumed he was returning to the House of Representatives.

His term ends January 3rd

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What?! Beto didn't run for re-election to the house? (Original post)	California_Republic	Dec 2018	OP
You can't run for two different offices at the same time.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Dec 2018	#1
I believe you can in several states including Texas	TexasProgresive	Dec 2018	#2
see: Lloyd Bentsen, 1988	brooklynite	Dec 2018	#3
But even in those few states that aren't resign-to-run states,	The Velveteen Ocelot	Dec 2018	#5
Yes you can. See Joe Lieberman, circa 2000 nt	Baltimike	Dec 2018	#4
He did not.	blogslut	Dec 2018	#6

Response to California_Republic (Original post)

Sun Dec 16, 2018, 01:48 PM

The Velveteen Ocelot (105,684 posts)

1. You can't run for two different offices at the same time.

House members have to run every two years, and obviously he couldn't have run to keep his old House seat at the same time he was running for the Senate.

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Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 16, 2018, 02:53 PM

TexasProgresive (11,957 posts)

2. I believe you can in several states including Texas

If both races are won must choose one over the other.

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Response to TexasProgresive (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 16, 2018, 03:24 PM

brooklynite (84,483 posts)

3. see: Lloyd Bentsen, 1988

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Response to TexasProgresive (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 16, 2018, 03:30 PM

The Velveteen Ocelot (105,684 posts)

5. But even in those few states that aren't resign-to-run states,

(and Texas' constitution does hold that you automatically resign from most state offices if you run for something else), you still have to have separate campaigns and comply with separate fund-raising, filing and other rules for each office, and Beto didn't do that. Considering how much he spent on the just Senate race it would have been insane to even try.

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Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 16, 2018, 03:26 PM

Baltimike (3,741 posts)

4. Yes you can. See Joe Lieberman, circa 2000 nt

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Response to California_Republic (Original post)

Sun Dec 16, 2018, 04:09 PM

blogslut (37,016 posts)

6. He did not.

I'm cool with it.

Beto O'Rourke visited every single district in the state of Texas, many of them several times.Texas is 268,580 square miles. He spoke. He listened. He hung out. He met hundreds of thousands of Texans. He did this for almost two years. What he did was superhuman. We should all be humbled.

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