WASHINGTON (Texas Tribune) — Groups affiliated with Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Houston, have poured more than $3 million into advertising across the state as the second-term congressman explores a potential dark-horse Senate bid.

Ads introducing Hunt to voters are running far beyond his political base in Houston, which runs from the wealthy parts of west Houston that serves as a base for the oil-and-gas industry, to western and northern suburbs like Tomball and Cypress. Voters in Dallas, San Antonio and Waco, among other places, are seeing television ads from Hunt’s campaign and PACs supporting him.

The already-crowded Senate primary in Texas would be an uphill climb. Incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton are both well-known figures among Republican primary voters across th

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