was arrested for DWI and Burglary in 1996
The Burglary was for going on to a University of Texas El Paso property with friends... and was dropped. The DUI is obviously more serious... but it has been brought up in every primary and election he's ever been in and has never had an impact. After all, the last President from Texas also had a DUI & didn't effect his electability at all.
Regarding SC... Beto was never competing for Top 3 there. The two states Beto has the chance of a surge later on down the road are in IA & NV (not SC or NH).
SC was always probably going to end up being a Biden state with Kamala as the only chance to challenge Biden- and Bernie will end up likely in 3rd with a steady but maxed out support at 15%.
We will see how Beto's numbers grow in IA & NV as Beto finally starts doing national media regularly. I think it will be key for him to keep a steady and active national media presence (along with the town halls in early states). But the IA type town halls only work to increase numbers if coupled with the national media presence... which I think he has finally figured out. But we will see.
There are enough people still bashing him despite low polling numbers... which tells me many do still view him and the come from behind, late surge threat- of all of the candidates in the race. The poll showing him beating Trump by more than any other Dem could pay dividend if the numbers in the fall show show this type of high electability. (He beat Trump by 10pts. I think the next closest was 6pts).
Not to mention many also think Texas is possibly in play in 2020 (and some polls have him beating Trump in Texas) b/c Beto is the candidate that can win over the most Texas R's & Ind's needed to have a chance at pulling off.
But his overall electability could be key in the fall (regardless of what people think about Texas).