PHOTO GALLERY — Beto O’Rourke hosts town hall in Port Arthur; protestors seen
Published 12:20 am Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Beto O’Rourke speaks Sunday to a crowd at a town hall event in Port Arthur. (Monique Batson/The News)
Constable Christopher Bates speaks with protestors outside La Carreta Event Hall on Gulfway Drive. (Monique Batson/The News)
Beto O’Rourke enters the town hall event. (Monique Batson/The News)
Ava Grace, chairperson for the Jefferson County Democratic Party, hands the microphone to Port Arthur Mayor Thurman Bartie. (Monique Batson/The News)
Angela Peterman with the Beto O’Rourke campaign takes a photograph of Southeast Texans who volunteered to assist at the town hall event. (Monique Batson/The News)
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Beto O’Rourke held a town hall event Sunday at La Carreta Event Hall on Gulfway Drive in Port Arthur.
It was the gubernatorial candidate’s third recent visit to the city — the first being a tour of the Memorial High School Career and Technology Education Center March 9 followed by a town hall event April 5.
Speakers included Ava Grace, chairperson for the Jefferson County Democratic Party, and Mayor Thurman Bartie, who introduced O’Rourke to the crowd. Protestors also gathered in the parking lot during the two-hour event.
O’Rourke spoke in Beaumont on Saturday, as well. The democrat will face incumbent Governor Greg Abbott in November.
