Following His Visit to 210 Counties, Candidate for the U.S. Senate Rep. Beto O’Rourke Continues His Drive Across Texas With Town Halls In Longview, Jacksonville, Nacogdoches, Lufkin, Woodville and Beaumont

TEXAS – El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke continues his campaign for the U.S. Senate with visits to Gregg, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Angelina, Tyler and Jefferson counties on Friday. He will hold public town halls in Longview, Jacksonville, Nacogdoches, Lufkin, Woodville and Beaumont. These stops follow O’Rourke’s visits to 210 counties as he has traveled across Texas engaging in open dialogues with families from every part of the state about concerns across the spectrum. The following events are public and OPEN to the press:

Longview Breakfast Town Hall

Friday, February 9 at 7:00 a.m. CT

Longview Train Depot

905 E Pacific Ave. in Longview

Jacksonville Town Hall

Friday, February 9 at 9:00 a.m. CT

517 E Rusk St. in Jacksonville

Nacogdoches Town Hall

Friday, February 9 at 11:00 a.m. CT

4606 North St. in Nacogdoches

Lufkin Town Hall

Friday, February 9 at 1:30 p.m. CT

1612 Keltys St. in Lufkin

Woodville Town Hall

Friday, February 9 at 4:00 p.m. CT

Emporium for the Arts

216 W Bluff St. in Woodville

Beaumont Town Hall

Friday, February 9 at 6:00 p.m. CT

461 Bowie St. in Beaumont

More than 10 months after launching his campaign, O’Rourke continues to hold town halls, roundtables, runs, coffees and hearings where he can have unscripted conversations about the direction we want for our communities, state and country. This includes visits to towns where candidates haven’t shown up in half a century. On Friday, O’Rourke will discuss concerns that he’s heard across the state – from the ability to see a doctor and find a job that pays above a living wage to making sure we honor our commitment to our veterans and that our public tax dollars stay in our public schools to improve the lives of our children. He will also take questions from those in attendance. The drive will continue with stops in Deweyville, Orange, Houston and Bay City the next day.

Friday’s stops come a week after O’Rourke announced that his grassroots campaign had raised more than $2.4 million in the last three months of 2017 without taking a dime from PACs. While bringing in more than 55,000 contributions in that quarter, the El Pasoan outraised Ted Cruz by half a million dollars. The news came during a 24-hour livestream where O’Rourke broadcasted an entire day of his campaign as he met with voters at several town halls, hosted a morning run, toured small businesses and served meals alongside his wife at a soup kitchen.

A recent Public Policy Polling survey from January showed the Democrat within single digits of Cruz. The incumbent’s narrow lead disappeared altogether when Texans learned that O’Rourke is refusing to take money from political action committees in his people-powered campaign for the senate.

About Beto:

Beto O’Rourke is a fourth-generation Texan, born and raised in El Paso. Beto founded Stanton Street, a small technology company in his hometown and over the years hired dozens of people in high skill, high-wage jobs. He ran for El Paso City Council in 2005 and served for two terms before running for U.S. Congress in 2012, taking on an eight-term incumbent and winning. He knocked on thousands of doors and had real conversations, face-to-face, with the voters in El Paso. In Congress, Beto serves on the House Committees for Armed Services and Veterans Affairs. He has made it a priority to work across the aisle to secure bipartisan support for his legislation, because Beto knows our country is at its best when we can put party aside to work together, build consensus and find common ground. Much of Beto’s focus has been on improving the ability for veterans to get the health care — and other earned benefits — that they need. He’s also been focused on curbing the influence of corporate money in Congress. He helped introduce the “No PAC Act,” which would stop candidates for federal office from relying on PACs to bankroll their campaigns.