Paxton cancels Alamo event
The Texas Senate race candidate changed his final campaign stop hours before the event was scheduled to begin.
By Carmen Wojcik ·
Ken Paxton will not hold his final campaign rally at the Alamo in San Antonio. The change leaves his schedule open for events in Conroe and Allen, two cities located hundreds of miles from the historic site. The Allen event begins at 6:30 p.m. Central Time, a timing that would make a same-night travel to San Antonio difficult. Paxton’s campaign did not provide a public explanation for the shift in plans.
The campaign announced a two-week bus tour in October named “Come and Take It.” That phrase references the opening words of the Texas Revolution. The tour was scheduled to end on Monday, Nov. 2, at the Alamo. Many stops along the route were not released until shortly before they took place.
The Alamo is a World Heritage Site and a museum in San Antonio. It was the location of a 13-day siege by the Mexican army in 1836 that resulted in the deaths of more than 150 people. The site’s website states that political activities are prohibited on the grounds.
Paxton is competing against Democratic candidate Talarico for the U.S. Senate seat. Texas has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1988. Recent polling shows Talarico with a slight lead, and CBS News classifies the state as a toss-up. President Trump has been active in the state during the primary and general election phases. He held a rally in San Antonio in October and visited Corpus Christi and Lubbock last week.
