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Howard Jacque Hunter III is a former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives who represented the state's 5th House district (including constituents in Gates, Hertford, and Pasquotank counties) from 2015 to 2023. A Democrat, Hunter was first elected to the legislature in 2014. He was re-elected in 2016, 2018, and 2020, but he lost re-election in 2022.[1]

Hunter is the son of the late Rep. Howard J. Hunter Jr. and is the nephew of former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy.[2]

Electoral history

2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 5th district general election, 2022[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Ward 15,784 53.83%
Democratic Howard Hunter III (incumbent) 13,539 46.17%
Total votes 29,323 100%
Republican gain from Democratic

2020

North Carolina House of Representatives 5th district Democratic primary election, 2020[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Howard Hunter III (incumbent) 6,359 67.48%
Democratic Keith Rivers 3,064 32.52%
Total votes 9,423 100%
North Carolina House of Representatives 5th district general election, 2020[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Howard Hunter III (incumbent) 20,061 56.71%
Republican Donald Kirkland 15,314 43.29%
Total votes 35,375 100%
Democratic hold

2018

North Carolina House of Representatives 5th district general election, 2018[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Howard Hunter III (incumbent) 15,206 59.92%
Republican Phillip Smith 10,172 40.08%
Total votes 25,378 100%
Democratic hold

2016

North Carolina House of Representatives 5th district general election, 2016[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Howard Hunter III (incumbent) 25,961 100%
Total votes 25,961 100%
Democratic hold

2014

North Carolina House of Representatives 5th district Democratic primary election, 2014[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Howard Hunter III 5,248 58.89%
Democratic Annie Mobley (incumbent) 3,664 41.11%
Total votes 8,912 100%
North Carolina House of Representatives 5th district general election, 2014[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Howard Hunter III 14,430 68.55%
Republican Sidney Pierce III 6,620 31.45%
Total votes 21,050 100%
Democratic hold

Committee assignments

[10]

2021-2022 session

  • Agriculture
  • Transportation
  • Health
  • Ethics
  • Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Committee
  • Finance
  • Families, Children, and Aging Policy Committee (Chair)

2019-2020 session

  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations - Information Technology Committee
  • Agriculture (Vice Chair)
  • Transportation
  • Health
  • Ethics
  • Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

2017-2018 session

  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations - Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources
  • Agriculture
  • Elections and Ethics Law
  • Transportation
  • Education - K-12
  • Health
  • University Board of Governors Nominations

2015-2016 session

  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations - Health and Human Services
  • Agriculture
  • Commerce and Job Development
  • Elections
  • Judiciary IV
  • Transportation

References

  1. ^ "The Voter's Self Defense System". Vote Smart. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  2. ^ The Class of 2015 – Representative Howard Hunter, III
  3. ^ [1] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  4. ^ [2] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  5. ^ [3] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  6. ^ [4] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  7. ^ [5] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  8. ^ [6] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  9. ^ [7] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  10. ^ "Howard Hunter III". Retrieved 2021-08-21.
North Carolina House of Representatives
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from the 5th district
2015–2023 		Succeeded by
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