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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.
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...
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Jul 28, 2019 · What Beto O’Rourke’s Dad Taught Him About Losing. The would-be slayer of Ted Cruz has seen his 2020 star fall sharply over the past four months. But like his father, he knows that...
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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. Credit... Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The New York Times
Oct 2, 2018 · Like his son, Pat grew up in a comfortable household. His father, John Francis O’Rourke, known as Frank, worked as a spokesman for Reynolds Electric and Engineering Company, an El Paso-based contractor that helped build the nation’s first nuclear weapons testing sites in neighboring New Mexico.
