Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke began the cycle being dismissed as a three-term congressman running an unconventional campaign in an unwinnable race in Texas. But he’s proven to be a fundraising juggernaut and has some Democrats wondering whether he’s rewriting the playbook for winning in red states.
O’Rourke has largely focused his Senate campaign on small counties that haven’t received much attention from Democrats in the last few decades. That attention could allow O’Rourke to chip away at Republican margins. But the nearly 10 points that separated Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in 2016 amounts to a gulf of more than…
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