Beto O’Rourke leads Joe Biden in 2020 straw poll

By Naomi Lim

Published December 11, 2018 11:18pm ET

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Beto O’Rourke leads Joe Biden in 2020 straw poll — Representative Beto O'Rourke, a Democrat from Texas, speaks during concession speech at an election night rally in El Paso, Texas, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. | (Sergio Flores/Bloomberg)

Beto O’Rourke leads a crowded field of potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, according to an informal poll conducted by a liberal political action committee.

But the defeated 2018 Texas Democratic Senate candidate was less than 1 percentage point ahead of his closest possible rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, the straw poll released by MoveOn Tuesday found.

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