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It’s now a three-way race between Hunt, incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Why Wesley Hunt is getting into the Texas Senate race

What is Rep. Wesley Hunt’s (R-Texas) theory of the case?

The second-term lawmaker threw the equivalent of a hand grenade earlier today into an already messy Republican Senate primary in Texas. It’s now a three-way race between Hunt, incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

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