Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy brought together eight Young Guns candidates in Washington on Wednesday.
"The Young Guns are the candidates that are the very best out there that we pick to take on Democrats," McCarthy said.
The group of Young Guns, announced in November, consists of Bruce Poliquin of Maine; Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin, Esther Joy King of Illinois, Tom Kean Jr. of New Jersey, Amanda Adkins of Kansas, Ryan Zinke of Montana and Monica De La Cruz and Wesley Hunt, both of Texas. "I'm honored to be part of the Young Guns program because what it means is that we are not only a district that is in the eye of the national party, but it shows that all of our hard work and our grassroots efforts from 2020 is paying off," told Fox News.
Hunt, who lost to Democratic Rep. Lizzie Fletcher in 2020, is running in Texas' 38th District, which formed as a result of the 2020 census.