Wesley Hunt

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Hunt ran for Texas's 7th congressional district in the 2020 elections. In a field of six candidates, Hunt won the Republican primary election with 61% of the vote. [8] He lost the general election to incumbent Democrat Lizzie Fletcher. [9] Hunt conceded to Fletcher a day after the election. [9]

2022

A day after redistricted maps were revealed, Hunt announced his intention to run in the new, solidly Republican 38th district. [10] Andrew Schneider of Houston Public Media wrote that "state GOP lawmakers carved out a new district, Texas' 38th, specifically with [Hunt] in mind." Hunt faced nine opponents in the primary election and received over 55% of the vote. [11] He was endorsed by Republican Main Street Partnership PAC [12] He defeated the Democratic nominee, Duncan Klussmann, in the November 8 general election, 63% to 35%. [13]

Tenure

In January 2023, at the beginning of the 118th U.S. Congress, Hunt supported Kevin McCarthy for Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. [14] Hunt is on the House Judiciary, [15] Natural Resources [16] and Small Business [16] Committees. On the Small Business Committee he chairs the Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains [17]

Hunt has endorsed Donald Trump's campaign in the 2024 presidential election. [18]

Syria

In 2023, Hunt was among 47 Republicans to vote in favor of H.Con.Res. 21, which directed President Joe Biden to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days. [19] [20]

Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023

Hunt was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House. [21]

Personal life

Around the time of his arrival in Congress, Hunt's wife, Emily, gave birth to a son, Willie, who was born prematurely and needed time in the neonatal intensive care unit, forcing Hunt to leave the Speaker of the House election on its fourth day, missing the 12th and 13th ballots before returning the same day. [14]

Hunt is a Baptist. He attended Champion Forest Baptist Church, which he has said shaped his beliefs. [22]

Electoral history

2020

Wesley Hunt
Rep. Wesley Hunt official photo.jpg
Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives
from Texas's 38th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
Texas's 7th congressional district Republican primary, 2020 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Wesley Hunt 28,060 61.0
Republican Cindy Siegel12,49727.2
Republican Maria Espinoza2,7165.9
Republican Kyle Preston1,3633.0
Republican Jim Noteware9372.0
Republican Laique Rehman4240.9
Total votes45,997 100.0
Texas's 7th congressional district, 2020 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lizzie Fletcher (incumbent) 159,529 50.8
Republican Wesley Hunt149,05447.4
Libertarian Shawn Kelly5,5421.8
Total votes314,125 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

Texas's 38th congressional district Republican primary, 2022 [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Wesley Hunt 35,291 55.3%
Republican Mark Ramsey19,35230.3%
Republican David Hogan3,1254.9%
Republican Ronald Lopez2,0483.2%
Republican Brett Guillroy1,4162.2%
Republican Jerry Ford, Sr.9971.6%
Republican Richard Welch6331.0%
Republican Alex Cross4600.7%
Republican Damien Mockus2490.4%
Republican Philip Covarrubias 2280.4%
Total votes63,799 100.0%
Texas’s 38th congressional district, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Wesley Hunt 162,992 63.00
Democratic Duncan Klussmann91,76835.47
Independent Joel Dejean3,9531.53
Total votes258,713 100
Republican win (new seat)

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  2. ↑ "Meet Wesley". Wesley Hunt. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Bipartisan band of brothers: The West Point grads coming to Congress". POLITICO. November 26, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
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  16. 1 2 "H Res. 80" . Retrieved February 2, 2023.
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