Leading Republicans running for Congress on the issues of the moment, pandemic politics and what the next two years might look like.
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Van Duyne is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 24th Congressional District. Previously, she served as mayor of Irving from 2011 to 2017. Van Duyne was appointed to serve as the regional administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in 2017, overseeing Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and New Mexico.
Hunt is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 7th Congressional District. Previously, he spent eight years in the Army as an aviation branch officer and an Apache Longbow helicopter pilot. He served in Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Hunt also served as a liaison officer representing the U.S. government in missions involving the Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation Corps.
Jackson is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 13th Congressional District. He is a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral who served as White House physician in the George W. Bush administration and as the appointed chief medical adviser to President Donald Trump. In 2019, Trump appointed Jackson as assistant to the president and to the newly established role of chief medical adviser to the White House.
Collins is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 32nd Congressional District. She is the senior vice president and head of corporate strategy at Istation, an e-learning program used by students and educators, where she served as executive director from 2009 to 2016. Collins serves on the board of directors of the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center and the Navy SEAL Legacy Foundation.
