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Beto O'Rourke: “So you were trying to get to 60 percent, you hit 47 percent.”

On the recordMay 16, 2018
So you were trying to get to 60 percent, you hit 47 percent.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

O'Rourke highlights the failure to meet success rate goals.

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