Article snippet: Former Rep. MORE (D-Texas) will reportedly announce a 2020 White House bid Thursday. The ex-congressman confirmed his plans to enter the race officially in a text message to El Paso NBC affiliate KTSM, which reported that O'Rourke will make his official announcement Thursday morning. News of his definitive plans to run follow a Vanity Fair profile of O'Rourke published Wednesday in which he strongly hinted at a desire to pursue a presidential run. “You can probably tell that I want to run,” he told Vanity Fair. “I do. I think I’d be good at it.” Speculation has swirled around the possibility of O'Rourke announcing a White House run since last year, when he narrowly lost a bid to oust Sen. MORE (R-Texas) by single digits. Political analysts questioned whether O'Rourke, 46, would attempt another run for Senate, this time against Sen. MORE (R-Texas), or if he would join the growing field of Democrats seeking the party's 2020 nomination. O'Rourke previously stoked rumors of a run last month with a rally in El Paso, Texas, timed as a counterrally to one held by MORE in the city to support his plan for a border wall. During the interview with Vanity Fair, O'Rourke pledged to build his campaign with a diverse team of advisers, while conceding that some voters would be looking elsewhere for a candidate in 2020. "If I were to run, I think it’s just so important that those who would comprise my team looked like this country. If I were to run, if I were to win, that my admi... Link to the full article to read more