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.
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.The Class of 2015 – Representative Howard Hunter, III
Electoral history 2022
2020
2018
2016
2014
Committee assignments
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
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