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(New Hampshire Primary Source is a regular feature of WMUR.com on Thursday mornings, with frequent updates throughout the week.)BETO’S FIFTH VISIT. Former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke will return to New Hampshire on Sept. 6 and 7 to speak at the New Hampshire Democratic Party state convention and hold other events, including two town halls and a visit to a popular festival.It will be O’Rourke’s fifth visit to New Hampshire since announcing his campaign for president.O’Rourke will join a host of other Democratic presidential candidates who will speak at the convention at the SNHU Arena in Manchester on Saturday, Sept. 7.During the trip, he will also appear before a live New Hampshire audience for a taping of WMUR’s “Conversation with the Candidate” series. He will hold town hall events at Keene State College and the University of New Hampshire and meet with Rev. Sandra Pontoh and members of the Indonesian community at the Somersworth Indonesian Festival.Details on additional events will be announced in the coming days, O’Rourke’s campaign said.O’Rourke’s campaign noted that following a mass shooting in his home city of El Paso that claimed the lives of 22 people, O’Rourke spent nearly two weeks in the city “supporting families affected and standing up for his community.”“Since returning to the campaign trail, Beto has visited Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Iowa and South Carolina, speaking out against President Trump and advocating for immediate action to end the culture of hate and violence in our country,” O’Rourke’s campaign said.In New Hampshire, O’Rourke’s first event will be a town hall at Keene State College’s Mabel Brown Room on Friday, Sept. 6, at 5:30 p.m.On Saturday, Sept. 7, after speaking at the party convention in Manchester, O’Rourke will travel to Somersworth to attend the Indonesian Festival, with a time of arrival to be announced.He will wrap up his visit with a town hall at UNH’s Hamilton Smith Hall in Durham at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 7.O’Rourke has made four visits to New Hampshire since announcing his candidacy in mid-March, so far making 32 stops throughout the state, his campaign said. The upcoming events during his fifth visit will boost his total number of New Hampshire events to 36. O’Rourke was the first candidate to visit all 10 New Hampshire counties, which he did during a 48-hour visit in March.A study by POLITICO published Thursday showed that O’Rourke has held more campaign events across the country, 360, than any other of those candidates POLITICO considers “top 2020 Democrats.”