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TX Democratic governor candidate Beto O’Rourke: ‘Harry Styles invited me to Austin concert’

Harry Styles poses in the press room at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Sunday, March 14, 2021.
Harry Styles poses in the press room at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Sunday, March 14, 2021. Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke attended the second-to-last Harry Styles concert in a 6-show Austin residency on Oct. 2nd.

At a campaign stop at UT Dallas Friday, the candidate shared how the appearance came about: the pop-star invited him.

O’Rourke said that he was able to connect with younger voters at the event, where Styles played a guitar with a “Beto for Texas” sticker on it.

“It has been really nice for people to connect with the campaign in that way who might not otherwise have known that we were running to be honest with you,” O’Rourke said.

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