Updated on: October 17, 2026 / 8:25 PM CDT / CBS Texas.

EDITOR'S NOTE : Early voting begins Monday in Texas, and both candidates in the heated U.S. Senate race are making their pushes to get voters to the polls.

A crowd of supporters and elected officials greeted Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton at Rockwall Municipal Airport as he kicked off an 18-day bus tour across Texas.