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U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt of Houston wants Republican voters who may be unfamiliar with him to know that he’s much more like Attorney General Ken Paxton than he is like incumbent Sen. John Cornyn.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/10/17/533622/rep-wesley-hunt-pitches-himself-as-a-younger-ken-paxton-in-u-s-senate-primary-bid/

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Sen. John Cornyn has nearly double the war chest of Attorney General Ken Paxton in Texas’ Senate GOP primary after the third fundraising quarter of the year — though in the latest flare-up between the two, neither can agree on which funds count.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/10/16/533511/cornyn-heads-into-fall-with-big-cash-advantage-over-gop-primary-challengers-paxton-hunt/

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After spending much of the spring and summer trailing state Attorney General Ken Paxton in the polls, Senator John Cornyn has pulled even with his chief rival for the 2026 Republican primary for the U.S. Senate from Texas.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/elections/2025/10/09/532981/john-cornyn-ken-paxton-in-statistical-dead-heat-in-gop-primary-for-u-s-senate-from-texas-poll-finds/

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Hunt’s entry increases the likelihood that the GOP contest will go to a May runoff. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/elections/2025/10/06/532690/u-s-rep-wesley-hunt-enters-gop-senate-primary-against-incumbent-sen-john-cornyn-texas-ag-ken-paxton/

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Houston congressman Wesley Hunt is entering the U.S. Senate primary, amidst a heated race between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/10/06/532644/gop-rep-wesley-hunt-announces-run-for-u-s-senate-joining-cornyn-paxton-in-primary/

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Groups affiliated with Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Houston, have poured more than $3 million into advertising across the state as the second-term congressman explores a potential dark-horse Senate bid.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/05/527922/wesley-hunt-tests-waters-of-a-senate-bid-setting-up-possible-heavyweight-primary-with-cornyn-and-paxton/

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Groups affiliated with Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Houston, have poured more than $3 million into advertising across the state as the second-term congressman explores a potential dark-horse Senate bid.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/05/527922/wesley-hunt-tests-waters-of-a-senate-bid-setting-up-possible-heavyweight-primary-with-cornyn-and-paxton/

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Groups affiliated with Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Houston, have poured more than $3 million into advertising across the state as the second-term congressman explores a potential dark-horse Senate bid.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/05/527922/wesley-hunt-tests-waters-of-a-senate-bid-setting-up-possible-heavyweight-primary-with-cornyn-and-paxton/

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Groups affiliated with Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Houston, have poured more than $3 million into advertising across the state as the second-term congressman explores a potential dark-horse Senate bid.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/05/527922/wesley-hunt-tests-waters-of-a-senate-bid-setting-up-possible-heavyweight-primary-with-cornyn-and-paxton/

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Groups affiliated with Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Houston, have poured more than $3 million into advertising across the state as the second-term congressman explores a potential dark-horse Senate bid.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/05/527922/wesley-hunt-tests-waters-of-a-senate-bid-setting-up-possible-heavyweight-primary-with-cornyn-and-paxton/

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Houston Mayor John Whitmire dismissed a letter from U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt claiming that “more than 1,800 riots have been planned at locations across the country, including our city of Houston” over the coming weekend. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/06/11/523752/mayor-whitmire-rebuffs-republican-congressmans-letter-claiming-riots-are-planned-in-houston/

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