- Can a Pro-Pot-Legalization Texas Dem Beat an Incumbent Drug Warrior? - Beto O'Rourke tried to change the way El Paso thinks about the War on Drugs. Now he wants to topple the 8-term congressman who stood in his way. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/05/border-war-beto-orourke-silvestre-reyes 63 comments politics