Dan Huberty

Dan Huberty
Texas State House, District 127
Incumbent
In office
2011 - Present
Term ends
January 13, 2015
Years in position	2
Party	Republican
Compensation
Base salary	$7,200/year
Per diem	$150/day
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	2010
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	N/A
Websites
Office website

Dan Huberty (born June 21, 1968 in Parma, Ohio) is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing the 127th District. He has served since 2011.

Huberty was given the "Rookie of the Year" award by Texas Monthly Magazine for his performance in the 82nd Legislative Session. Remarking on Huberty's notable record during his first session, Humble Independent School District Superintendent Dr Guy Sconzo said “This was the largest class of freshman legislators in Texas ever." Sconzo also noted that Huberty “passed more legislation than any other freshman legislators.”

Biography

Education

• BA, Business Administration, Cleveland State University, class of 1991
• MBA, Business Administration, University of Phoenix, class of 1998

Professional Experience

• Vice president, Clean Energy Fuels, 2009-present
• Vice president, Ampco Systems Parking, 2000-2006

Political Experience

• President, Humble Independent School District, 2009-2010.
• Trustee, Humble Independent School District, 2006-present.
• Associate member, Kingwood Area Republican Women
• Associate Member, Lake Houston Shores Republican Women

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Huberty served on the following committees:

Texas Committee Assignments, 2013
• Public Education
• State Affairs

2011-2012

Huberty served on the following Texas House of Representatives committees:

Texas Committee Assignments, 2011
• Public Education
• State Affairs

Issues

Campaign themes

Fiscal Responsibility

• Supports tools such as, “zero based budgeting and revenue caps [to] help enforce fiscal discipline.”

Controlling the Border

• Supports Texans controlling the border in the absence of federal willingness.
• Opposes cities adopting sanctuary policies.
• Supports sending aid to border sheriffs and providing state DPS resources to the area.
• Supports passage of a strict voter ID law.

Lowering Property Taxes

• Supports, “meaningful property appraisal caps or true statewide revenue caps for all levels of government.”

Improving Public Education

• Supports high standards and accountability to those standards as, “the hallmark of a good public school.”
• Supports, “limiting administration and bureaucracy, letting classroom teachers teach and rewarding excellence.”
• Believes locally-elected school boards, principals, teachers and parents are in the best situation to make decisions affecting our students.”

Growing the Economy and Creating Jobs

• Supports, “relatively low taxes and sensible regulation” as keys to Texas’ economic successes.

Accountability for State and Local Government

• Supports high standards of political accountability, beginning with real ethics reforms.

Elections

2012

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2012

Huberty won re-election in the 2012 election for Texas House of Representatives, District 127. Huberty defeated Bobby Jordan in the May 29 primary election and defeated Cody Pogue (D) in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.

Texas House of Representatives, District 127, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dan Huberty Incumbent	70.2%	45,813
	Democratic	Cody Pogue	29.8%	19,435
Total Votes				65,248

Texas House of Representatives District 127 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Dan Huberty Incumbent	90.3%	11,117
Bobby Jordan	9.7%	1,200
Total Votes		12,317

2010

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2010

Huberty won election to Texas House of Representatives District 127. He defeated Susan Curling in the April 13 Republican primary runoff. He went on to defeat incumbent Democratic candidate Joe Montemayor in the November 2 general election.

Texas House of Representatives, District 127 2010 General election results
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Dan Huberty (R)		37,725	75.25%
Joe Montemayor (D)		12,406	24.74%

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

Huberty raised a total of $454,284 in 2010. Below are his top 5 campaign contributors in the 2010 election:

Contributor	2010 total
Perry, Bob J.	$37,500
Huberty, Dan	$30,000
Texas Parent PAC	$19,763
Perry, Doylene	$15,000
Texas House Republican Leadership Fund	$12,500

Scorecards

Empower Texans Fiscal Responsibility Index

Empower Texans produces the Fiscal Responsibility Index as "a measurement of how lawmakers perform on size and role of government issues." The index uses "exemplar votes on core budget and free enterprise issues that demonstrate legislators' governing philosophy." Legislators are graded along a standard grading scale, receiving grades A through F based on their performance during the legislative session.

2011

Dan Huberty received a grade of B on the 2011 Fiscal Responsibility Index.

• 2011 Taxpayer Advocate. Huberty was named a "2011 Taxpayer Advocate," which is "An award presented to by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility to legislators based on their strong rating on the most recent Fiscal Responsibility Index."

Personal

Huberty and his wife, Janet, live in Walden on Lake Houston with their three children, ages 10, 8 and 6. They are members of Saint Martha's Catholic Church.

Community Service and Involvement

• Board Member, Lake Houston Area Chamber of Commerce
• Board Member, Be An Angel Foundation
• Member, Lake Houston Area Chamber of Commerce
• Member, Kingwood Chamber of Commerce
• Member, Knights of Columbus

External links

Suggest a link

• Dan Huberty House member page
• Dan Huberty campaign website
• Project Vote Smart - Dan Huberty biography
• Dan Huberty's Facebook profile
• Dan Huberty's Twitter page
• Official Campaign Contributions
• Follow the Money - 2010 contributions to Dan Huberty

References

Political offices
Preceded by Joe Crabb (R)	Texas House of Representatives District 127 2011-Present	Succeeded by -