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Ex-rocker turned politician running for Ted Cruz's Senate seat

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Good news if you hate Texas State Senator Ted Cruz as much as the next guy—his seat might be getting taken from someone who used to be in the scene.

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Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke (D-TX) officially announced his candidacy for the Texas Senate seat held by Cruz. O’Rourke had previously played in ’90s punk band Foss with At the Drive-In and the Mars Volta’s Cedric Bixler-Zavala.

O'Rourke is a U.S. Representative who’s held his seat since 2012. He left the band to work on a technology startup and in the late 90s got serious about politics. 

Check out the video of Foss playing live and see if you recognize O'Rourke.

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