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Meet the First Two Republican Black Graduates of West Point to Enter Congress


Rep.-elect John James (R-MI) and Rep.-elect Wesley Hunt (R-TX) are two of the newest Republican members of Congress.

Little has been reported on the pair despite both attaining the distinguished honor as the first black graduates of West Point to enter Congress.

Hunt, born in Houston, Texas, in 1981, attended the United States Military Academy at West Point where he graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science in Leadership and Management with a field of study in mechanical engineering. He served his nation for eight years in the Army as an Aviation Branch Officer and Apache helicopter pilot.

Like Hunt, James earned his bachelor’s degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 2004 and served his nation for eight years in the Army, logging 753 combat flight hours. Born in 1981, James was raised in the Palmer Woods neighborhood of Detroit.

According to FiveThirtyEight, the two men had just over a combined 50 percent chance of winning their general elections. James won his seat in Congress in Michigan’s open 10th district against Democrat candidate Carl Marlinga by 0.5 points. The district leaned red as an R+6. Meanwhile, Hunt ran in a newly shaped district that leaned further red as an R+27. Hunt defeated Democrat candidate Duncan Klussmann by nearly 30 points.

https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2022/11/29/meet-the-first-two-republican-black-graduates-of-west-point-to-enter-congress/