Why Beto O’Rourke’s 254-county strategy flopped

News and updates from Austin's news in your inbox Email not displaying correctly? [View Online]( [Statesman]( MORNING HEADLINES Start your day with a fresh roundup of news, features and commentary. Saturday's Top Story [Why Beto O Rourke s 254-county strategy flopped]( [Why Beto O’Rourke’s 254-county strategy flopped]( Rural Texas, it seems, was immune to Betomania, or, more accurately, it had symptoms of both the phenomenon and the antibodies creating a rural firewall that saved U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, from defeat. 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