Republican U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton was supposed to make the last stand of his campaign at the Texas landmark around which his \u201cCome and Take It\u201d bus tour centered: The Alamo.<\/p>\n
But on Saturday, two days before his final rally would\u2019ve taken place on the eve of Election Day, Paxton appeared to scrap those plans.<\/p>\n
Instead, his campaign added Monday events in Conroe and Allen. The event in Conroe is set for 11 a.m., while the one in Allen is scheduled for 5:30 p.m., at a restaurant 300 miles from the Alamo.<\/p>\n
The only events on Monday listed by Paxton\u2019s campaign on Eventbrite, where it has posted his tour stops, were for Conroe and Allen. His website did not list any events for Monday.<\/p>\n
His campaign did not immediately respond to questions about what prompted the change in plans. His campaign also previously did not respond to requests for logistical information about the Alamo event.<\/p>\n
When Paxton\u2019s campaign initially announced<\/a> his get-out-the-vote push, it said he would end the bus tour at The Alamo. He drew on the landmark of resistance \u2014 despite the Battle of the Alamo\u2019s outcome, a 1836 loss in the Texas Revolution \u2014 to drive home his closing message to Texans: \u201cWhen they come after Texans, Ken Paxton goes after them.\u201d<\/p>\n The Alamo Trust, which oversees the landmark, told Texas Public Radio<\/a> Friday that it was unaware of any plans for Paxton to host an event on the grounds. The Alamo\u2019s rules generally prohibit political events<\/a> on the grounds.<\/p>\n Paxton is locked in a neck-and-neck race against Democrat James Talarico. Paxton has pitched himself to Texans as a conservative fighter who would preserve the state\u2019s conservative tradition in defiance of the \u201cradical left.\u201d He has appeared at several rallies in Texas headlined by President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, in a bid to gin up enthusiasm among Republican voters. <\/p>\n Talarico has been crisscrossing the state on his own get-out-the-vote sprint, dubbed the \u201cClear Eyes, Full Hearts\u201d tour in a nod to the television series \u201cFriday Night Lights,\u201d which was inspired by a book about West Texas high school football. <\/p>\n