Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) will announce on Friday that he’ll challenge Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in 2018, according to the Houston Chronicle.
O’Rourke will reportedly make the announcement in his hometown of El Paso, which he has represented since 2013.
In an email to supporters last week, the O’Rourke campaign teased an unspecified “big announcement.”
O’Rourke has previously said he’s strongly considering running against Cruz, who unsuccessfully ran for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016.
“It’s very likely that I will run for Senate in 2018,” O’Rourke told the Texas Tribune earlier this year.
O’Rourke will likely face a steep uphill battle running in a red state against the conservative firebrand. Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), who told the Austin American-Statesman in mid-February that he’d make a decision in eight weeks, is among the other Texas Democrats mulling a run.
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Rising Dem star to challenge Cruz in 2018: report https://t.co/tvoioVpjuj pic.twitter.com/QfTfMN4b7l
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