Paxton, who is in a three-way race for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, is holding his election night watch party in the Marriott Dallas Uptown.
Shortly before 6 p.m. Central Time, a man with a camouflage mask and several different types of weapons was detained outside the event, according to The New York Times
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The event was set to kick off at 7 p.m., when polls close in Texas, with doors opening an hour beforehand.
One social media account showed pictures off the man in full regalia outside of the hotel after "security kicked him out."
The man reportedly had no identification on him. A staff member on Paxton’s campaign team said that the man had asked to go into the hotel to use the bathroom, a story he doubted.
The man insisted he was an Uber driver, a story which the staffer told the Times he doubted, given that the car he was driving allegedly had no plates.
Video published on social media by a KDFW-TV news hound showed police taking ammunition from the driver’s blue sedan after the detention, including what appear to be rifle and pistol magazines:
ANTIFA: Suspect detained and searched. Law enforcement mentioned he may be affiliated with the John Brown Gun Club. No plates, no ID, unmasked. pic.twitter.com/lJK248m4Mo
— @amuse (@amuse) March 3, 2026
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