DALLAS — Beto O’Rourke will recommit to delegates at the Texas Democratic Party convention Friday in Dallas, but flirt with independents and Republicans on the outside.
The former El Paso congressman and Democratic nominee for governor needs a united front from Democrats to have a chance to upend incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in November. A recent poll showed him trailing the governor by only 5 percentage points.
But wooing Democrats alone is insufficient to win a statewide race in reliably red Texas.
