As the crucial primary vote goes down in Texas Tuesday night, with hard-charging GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton facing incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the battle for his Senate seat, a man wearing a camouflage mask was arrested outside of Paxton’s election night viewing party in Dallas.

Rep. Wesley Hunt (TX-38) is also in the GOP race. Currently, Cornyn is in the lead in early counting. 

It’s unclear whether the man was planning violence, but there were plenty of signs that indicated it was certainly possible.

It happened outside the hotel where the event was being hosted:

The officers pulled what appeared to be ammunition for several types of weapons from a blue sedan that hotel workers said the man had been driving. He was wearing a camouflage face mask, sunglasses, a hat and gloves as he stood outside the Marriott Dallas Uptown shortly before 6 p.m. Central time.

A member of Mr. Paxton’s campaign said that he had seen the man enter the hotel and asked to use the restroom. The staff member said he had spoken with the man briefly.

Outside @KenPaxtonTX’s election night event. @DallasPD pulling multiple boxes of ammunition and bullets from a man’s car who was cuffed and placed in the back of a police car. @SpectrumNews1TX pic.twitter.com/87JggeESBg

— Erin Davis (@erindavisnews) March 4, 2026

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Hotel staff members had already been on the alert that this guy could be trouble. He claimed to be an Uber driver but had no license plates? Pretty fishy behavior.

A member of Mr. Paxton’s campaign said that he had seen the man enter the hotel and asked to use the restroom. The staff member said he had spoken with the man briefly.

The staff member, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the unfolding police investigation, said the man told him he was an Uber driver, but the staff member doubted that story, observing that the car he was driving appeared to have no plates.

The police officers searching the car, appeared to also take a license plate from inside the vehicle. They declined to say what the man was being detained for.

? BREAKING: A masked man with ammunition for several different types of firearms has just been ARRESTED at Ken Paxton’s watch party in Texas

The man was wearing a camo mask, sunglasses, a hat, and gloves outside the party, per NYT

Glad cops got him. pic.twitter.com/mPJjzKNmb2

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 4, 2026

As the conflict with Iran rages on, and terrorist acts like the apparent one in Austin, Texas, early Sunday morning that left three dead and over a dozen injured, tensions remain high, and security around the nation is on major alert over concerns about Iranian terror cells. 

The Austin shooting suspect, 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, was wearing a "Property of Allah" shirt, and a Quran was found in his vehicle

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It would seem that this moment has been defused, but it had all of the hallmarks of something that could have turned out much worse. Good for the boys in blue, and the hotel staff for being on top of things.

Editor’s Note: Progressive zealots are increasingly resorting to violence and terrorism because they failed at the ballot box.

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