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Pat Francis O'Rourke (August 27, 1942 – July 3, 2001) was an American businessman and politician based in El Paso, Texas. He is the father of politician Beto O'Rourke . Early life and education [ edit ]
Jul 28, 2019 · Beto O’Rourke, who helped his father on his 1998 campaign, appeared to inherit that aura during his near-miss U.S. Senate run in Texas and through the opening days of his presidential campaign ...
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Mar 13, 2019 · More than 600 people attended the funeral Mass for Patrick "Pat" Francis O'Rourke at 1 p.m. Friday at St. Patrick Cathedral. O'Rourke, 58, was killed Tuesday when he was struck from behind by a ...
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- Beto’s Father Was a County Judge Who Passed Away at 58. Beto O’Rourke has a fascinating background. His full name is Robert Francis O’Rourke, and he was born to Pat Francis O’Rourke and Melissa Martha O’Rourke (Williams.)
- Beto’s Step-Grandfather Was Secretary of the Navy Under JFK. Beto’s mother, Melissa, owned a high-end furniture store. Her stepfather, Fred Korth, was Secretary of the Navy under President John F. Kennedy from 1962-1963, and he was Assistant Secretary of the Army from 1952 to 1953.
- Amy O’Rourke Is Nine Years Younger than Beto, & They Met After She Lived in Guatemala for a Year. Amy and Beto met when she returned to El Paso in 2004 after living in Guatemala for a year.
- Beto & Amy O’Rourke Have Three Children. Beto and Amy O’Rourke have three young children: Ulysses, Molly, and Henry. They live in El Paso’s Sunset Heights in a mission-style house that is reportedly where General Hugh Scott and Pancho VIlla met in 1915.
- MET WIFE ON A BLIND DATE. O'Rourke met then-teacher Amy Hoover Sanders on a blind date in El Paso after being set up by friends. He took her across the border into Juarez, Mexico, for drinks.
- WORKED AS A NANNY. After graduating from Columbia University, O'Rourke reportedly worked for a few months as a live-in nanny for a family on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
- POLITICS IN THE FAMILY. O'Rourke's father, Pat O'Rourke, was the El Paso county commissioner from 1978 to 1982 and a county judge from 1982 to 1986. The dad also worked on the Rev.
- WON SOME ELECTIONS. While he's best known for losing his Senate race campaign against incumbent Ted Cruz in 2018, O'Rourke had been 5-0 in elections before that.
Apr 26, 2019 · Mr. O’Rourke’s father, Pat O’Rourke, was a politician and a keen bicyclist. ... As Beto O’Rourke grew into his teen years, Pat O’Rourke related little to a son who joined a computer ...
Oct 2, 2018 · Beto O’Rourke didn’t talk to his father about his political transformation. In 1988, two years after Pat had left public office, Beto, then 15, transferred from El Paso High School to Woodberry Forest, an all-male boarding school in Virginia. Beto O’Rourke admits he left El Paso largely to achieve some distance from his father.
