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‘The Least Liked Out of Everybody’: Republicans Suggest Wesley Hunt Stay Out of the Texas Senate Race

Rep. Wesley Hunt is rubbing his Republican colleagues in Texas the wrong way by preparing to run for Senate.

Wesley Hunt
Rep. Wesley Hunt argues for an amendment at the start of House Judiciary Committee meetings at the Capitol. J. Scott Applewhite/AP

By Reese Gorman

July 25, 2025 05:48 AM

For months now, Rep. Wesley Hunt has quietly been positioning himself to run for the Senate if Sen. John Cornyn drops out of the race. But as the campaign heats up and Cornyn looks more intent on running, Hunt is getting louder about Cornyn’s electability.

His attempts to go after one of the close-knit Texas GOP’s own haven’t gone unnoticed.

“There’s 25 of us in the delegation, and I’d say he is the least liked out of everybody,” one Texas Republican said of Hunt.