Rep. Wesley Hunt challenged Rep. Jasmine Crockett to a debate in the newly shaken-up Texas Senate race, emphasizing their stark political differences and framing it as "must-see TV." (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP / Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
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Should Crockett or Hunt be elected to the Senate seat, it would be the first time a Black American has been elected to a state-wide office in the Lone Star State. The Texas Republican pointed this out, telling Fox that he cares more about being an American than he does a Black man.
"I’m the great-great-grandson of a slave," Hunt told Fox. "Our family story is one of going from a plantation to West Point, combat, and the United States Congress. That’s the story of American progress.
"I’m proud to be Black, but I’m prouder to be an American, and a native Texan," Hunt added. "I’m far more focused on being a father, a husband, a veteran, a servant leader, and a citizen than my skin color."
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Rep. Wesley Hunt launched his campaign for senate at the beginning of October. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
Crockett’s ambition to flip the traditionally red state to the Democrats will be quite the uphill battle. Senator Tim Sott, R-S.C., who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said Democrats getting behind Crockett indicated the party has been "overrun" by a far-left agenda.
"I think it says something about who the Democrats are nationally, not just in Texas," Scott told Fox News Digital earlier this week. "What it says is that they've been overrun by this radical left agenda that focuses on rhetoric, not reality."
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Election day for the Texas primary is Mar. 3, 2026 and the general election is Nov. 3, 2026.
Fox News Digital reached out to Crockett, but did not receive a response.
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