Notable Submission:
Despite everyman image, O'Rourke is even wealthier than Cruz
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https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/despite-everyman-image-o-rourke-is-even-wealthier-than-cruz/1513345907
AUSTIN (AP) — With an unassuming air and a black Toyota Tundra he says was "the first new vehicle I've ever purchased," Beto O'Rourke has campaigned thousands of miles across Texas and risen to national prominence on a workaday image that aligns with his politics, but not his personal finances.
The son of a onetime Republican county judge and a longtime furniture store owner, the Democratic congressman from El Paso married into the family of one of his hometown's most prominent developers and has assembled real estate investments worth millions.
Congress is rife with rich people, but O'Rourke had a 2015 net worth of about $9 million, ranking 51st out of 435 House members, according to the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics. That's more than double the $3.8 million worth of his Republican opponent, Sen. Ted Cruz, who ranked 41st of 100 senators. O'Rourke and his family live in a hilltop, Hacienda-style, 4,700 square-foot home in El Paso, while Cruz, his wife and daughters have a well-appointed condo in an elegant corner of Houston.
"I was very fortunate and I recognize that a lot of people don't have that same fortune," O'Rourke told The Associated Press after a community college event in Austin, where he wore his usual campaign outfit of simple button-down shirt and slacks.
– Honestly - fuck this guy. He is a tailor made douche preprogrammed for the NPCs
"oh my campaign is free from PAC money" (doesnt mention DNC nationalPAC money)