A House Democratic super PAC is looking to raise tens of millions of dollars to challenge Texas Republicans next year as the GOP looks to redraw congressional maps in the state in a bid to offset losses in the 2026 midterms.

Now, back to Beto. O'Rourke, whose 2018 tantalizingly close challenge to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has made him Texas' most recognizable and perhaps most influential Democrat. Even after making a failed bid for the 2020 presidential nomination and losing two years later by double digits to Abbott, O'Rourke remains the face of the Texas Democratic Party.

A $20 million fund is being created by the largest super PAC backing House Democrats, House Majority PAC, in an effort to spoil Texas House Republicans' redistr