The 2026 election cycle is working its way up through the gears. Candidates are announcing their intent to run for various seats; some are sure-wins, some are sure to be fights to the finish, and some are sure to be inexplicable. One of the latter is surely Democrat Representative Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) announcing for a Texas Senate seat, the same seat being sought by Republican Representative Wesley Hunt (TX-38).
My money’s on Mr. Hunt. Even more so now, that the Republican Congressman has challenged Rep. Crockett to a duel – or, rather, a debate. She may wish she’d picked swords at sunrise instead of a verbal exchange with Wesley Hunt.
Texas Senate candidate Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, challenged House colleague Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, to a debate after Crockett entered the race earlier this week.
Hunt, who faces incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a competitive Republican primary, was quick to challenge Crockett to a debate, saying that if the new contender agreed it would be “must-see TV.”
“Jasmine Crockett and I see two different Americas. She defines this country by victimhood. I define it by hard work, grit, and determination,” Hunt told Fox News Digital.
Sources close to the campaign told Fox News Digital that Crockett approached Hunt on Capitol Hill to discuss a potential debate. Hunt’s campaign team confirmed to Fox News Digital that this is the first conversation the two have ever had.
“A Hunt vs. Crockett debate is must-see TV, and I welcome it,” Hunt added.
I’d welcome it too, even if it is the debate equivalent of pitting a mouse against a lion in a cage match, with Rep. Crockett playing the part of the rodent, which may well be a bit of an intellectual overstatement.
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A Hunt/Crockett debate would be entertaining indeed. Jasmine Crockett’s debate performance is liable to be one of the worst since Joe Biden’s sole 2024 debate against now-President Trump, in which old Joe was so befuddled that he was defenestrated by the Democratic Party shortly afterward. But Jasmine Crockett doesn’t have the convenient excuse of being senile, just ill-informed and, honestly, not very bright.
Wesley Hunt, on the other hand, is the opposite: Well-read, well-informed, and smart as a whip. I’ve spoken with him, interviewed him, and he is impressive. Assuming he lands the nomination, he will likely be a shoo-in for election – this is Texas, after all – and even more so if Crockett wins the Democrats’ nomination. Of course, that last part remains to be seen. Giving Jasmine Crocket the nod to run for the Senate from Texas would be the greatest political miscalculation since the Dukakis campaign thought their candidate would look like a real manly bad-a** if they stuck him in a tank.
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If this is how the campaign shapes up, with Republican Hunt against Democrat Crockett, I think that barring some disaster, we can count that Senate race as a safe GOP hold.
You can hear my interview with Rep. Hunt (or read the transcript) here.
And then there’s this:
Fox News Digital reached out to Crockett, but did not receive a response.
You don’t say.
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