West Houston News

Congressional candidate Wesley Hunt is being supported by the Republican Party with $3 million in advertisements.

Hunt won the March 3 Republican primary for the 7th Congressional District, which U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-Houston) won in 2018. The district fell out of Republican hands for the first time since the 1960s.

The push for Hunt would win back the suburbs of Texas and contribute to the Republican Party's efforts to take back the House of Representatives. The GOP would need to flip roughly 20 seats nationwide to regain the majority.

Hunt’s ad campaign is $3 million of $43 million in advertisements that the Republican Party has budgeted nationwide. Hunt is also the first of the Texan nominees for whom the party has pledged such a large amount.

Even more spending is expected from the Republican Party in the 7th District, which is home to Houston’s more affluent suburbs and the Energy Corridor.

Hunt graduated from West Point and went on to get a master’s in business administration from Cornell University. He leverages his military background as a focal point in his campaign strategy.

“I will fight for our jobs, our values and our way of life in Congress. I put my life on the line in combat to defend the United States from foreign enemies, and I want to continue serving to stop domestic threats like the Green New Deal, socialist health care and illegal immigration,” Hunt says on his campaign website. “In the military, it’s not about Democrats and Republicans. It’s about getting results and completing the mission. In Congress, I’ll bring people together and work across the aisle in good faith to protect our jobs, prevent flooding, improve health care and make sure our children have a bright, safe future.”