Republican U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton had planned to end his campaign with a rally at the Alamo, the site his "Come and Take It" bus tour centered on. On Saturday, two days before that rally would have taken place on the eve of Election Day, Paxton appeared to scrap the plan. His campaign added events on Monday in Conroe, at 11 a.m., and in Allen, at 5:30 p.m., at a restaurant about 300 miles from the Alamo. Those were the only Monday events listed on the campaign's Eventbrite page, and his website listed none for Monday.
The campaign did not immediately respond to questions about what led to the change. It had also not responded to earlier requests for logistical details about the Alamo event. The Alamo Trust, which oversees the landmark, told Texas Public Radio on Friday that it was not aware of any plans for Paxton to hold an event on the grounds. The Alamo's rules generally prohibit political events there.
Paxton faces Democrat James Talarico in a close race. Paxton's final push also included other canceled or rescheduled events, including stops in El Paso, Tyler, Texarkana and Mission. Democrats called it a "Paxton bus tour crashout." In a statement Friday, Talarico said that "no one's going to Ken Paxton's rallies" and referred to more than $200 million that Elon Musk has put into the race on Paxton's behalf.