Wesley Hunt has vowed to make a political comeback after his Texas Senate primary loss

Rep. Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, vowed to make a political comeback after losing. Republican primary for a Senate seat in Texas on Tuesday.

Hunt is third in line behind incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Hunt opened his speech by thanking God that he lives in a country where “we the people” elect their leaders.

“We, the people, the people of Texas, have spoken. Unfortunately, that person is not me, but that’s okay. Because I always win because I believe in Christ,” Hunt said. “And I will say this, this will not be the last time you see my name on the ballot. I assure you.”

Hunt added that his time in the House of Representatives and running for the Senate taught him “valuable lessons” and he is confident that Republican Party “Younger leadership is needed.”

Rep. Wesley Hunt withdrew from the Republican Senate primary in Texas on Tuesday night. (Mark Felix/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Hunt ended his speech by pledging his “unwavering support” to whoever wins the Republican primary, but he did not endorse Cornyn or Paxton.

“So, at the end of the day, I wish them the best of luck in this run, and then whoever chooses — or whoever the people choose to run in the general election, they have my unwavering support, because we want to keep Texas red,” he said.

The winner of the Republican primary will face state Rep. James Talarico, who is seeking to become the first Democrat in nearly four decades to win a Senate election in right-wing Texas.

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, left, pictured next to James Talarico, right. (Mark Felix/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Gabriel V. Cardenas/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

This year’s Senate Showdown in Texas It’s one of a handful across the country that could determine whether Republicans hold a majority in the House in the midterm elections. The GOP currently controls the chamber 53-47.

The Cornyn campaign and aligned super PACs spent nearly $100 million running ads attacking Paxton and Hunt, with the senator charging in the final weeks of the primary campaign that Democrats would flip the seat in the general election if Paxton were the GOP nominee.

Cornyn, his colleagues and the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), the Senate GOP’s campaign arm, points to repeated scandals and legal problems that have plagued Paxton over the past decade, as well as his ongoing messy divorce.

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Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, (left) faces off against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (right) in May. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images; Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Paxton, a MAGA firebrand He, who has garnered significant national attention by filing lawsuits against the Obama and Biden administrations, dismissed Cornyn’s criticism, telling Fox News Digital on the eve of the primary that “I’m 3-0. I’ve won three statewide races.”

Pointing to opinion polls suggesting he had a lead over Cornyn, Paxton argued, “It’s very easy for him to say when he loses the primary, because he’s not given to the people of Texas, and he’s going to know tomorrow what that means. He’s going to lose in the end.”

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No candidate received 50% of the vote in Tuesday’s election Primary Election. They will face each other again in the runoff in May.

Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.

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