Howard Jacque Hunter III

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.

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