Ken Paxton campaign no longer has Alamo event scheduled

Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas, has dropped a planned Election Eve rally at the Alamo, though his campaign has not explained the change and did not answer CBS News' requests for comment. His Monday itinerary now lists stops in Conroe and Allen, each hundreds of miles from San Antonio. The Allen event begins at 6:30 p.m. Central, which would leave him no realistic way to reach the Alamo that night.

The Alamo had been billed as the final stop on a two-week bus tour called "Come and Take It," announced the previous month, which was scheduled to wrap up on Monday, Nov. 2. The tour's name was drawn from the opening words of the Texas Revolution. The Alamo's own website says political activities are prohibited on its grounds, where a Mexican army siege in 1836 lasted 13 days and left more than 150 people dead.

Paxton faces Democrat James Talarico in the general election. No Democrat has won a Senate seat from Texas since 1988, but recent polls show Talarico narrowly ahead, and CBS News rates the contest a toss-up.

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