He grew up in El Paso, where his mother ran a furniture store and his father was a politician. He eventually returned home to El Paso, where he started an Internet services and software company. O’Rourke was elected to the El Paso City Council in 2005, focusing on redeveloping downtown and improving public transportation. A week later, O’Rourke received an organizing opportunity when Trump held a campaign rally in El Paso. While other presidential candidates hit the campaign trail, O’Rourke rocked out at a Metallica concert in El Paso, attended the premiere of a documentary about his 2018 campaign and rode his bicycle around town.

Source: Washington Post March 14, 2019 10:16 UTC