Texas Rep. Hunt Turns Contest for Cornyn’s Senate Seat Into a 3-Man Race

Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) has thrown his hat into the ring to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate.
Hunt announced his Senate bid on Oct. 6, saying that “the U.S. Senate race in Texas must be about more than a petty feud between two men who have spent months trading barbs. With my candidacy, this race will finally be about what’s most important—Texas.”
He will be in a fight against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the incumbent, Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican serving a fourth term.
Hunt, a U.S. Military Academy graduate and two-term congressman from the suburban Houston area, said he believes that he can garner votes from the entire breadth of the Republican party due to his track record….