American businessman and politician

Daniel G. Huberty (June 21, 1968) is an American businessman, who has been a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 127 in Harris County since 2011.

Huberty ran unopposed for his third term in the state House in the general election on November 4, 2014. and won again for his fourth term in the Republican primary held on March 1, 2016. In the general election held on November 6, 2018, Huberty overwhelmed his lone opponent, Libertarian Ryan Woods, 44,550 votes (80.3 percent) to 10,964 (19.7 percent).

Contents

• 1 Early life, education, and career
• 2 Political life
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Early life, education, and career

Huberty is a native of Parma, Ohio, a suburb south of Cleveland. In 1991, he received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Cleveland State University in downtown Cleveland. In 1998, he received a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Phoenix. He currently serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Parking REIT, a real estate investment trust where he works to acquire income-producing parking *ets. Previously he was an executive with a parking company; before that, a natural gas fueling company.

Huberty and his wife, the former Janet Marie Etterman, have three children. They are members of the Saint Martha's Roman Catholic Church parish in Kingwood/Porter, Texas.

On April 23, 2021, Huberty was arrested for driving under the influence in Montgomery County, after crashing his vehicle into another car and failing a sobriety test. He later bonded out after the arrest and on the following day released an apology and said he would seek treatment for alcohol addiction.

Political life

From 2006 to 2010, Huberty was an elected trustee of the nonpartisan Humble Independent School District. He was the board president from 2009 to 2010.

When Republican Representative Joe Crabb declined to seek reelection in 2010, Huberty and three others entered the primary election to choose a successor. With the help of Republican Strategist, Allen Blaekmore, Huberty nearly won with 7,465 votes (48.8 percent) but was forced into a runoff election with anesthesiologist Susan Dobbs Curling (born 1957) of Kingwood, another Houston suburb, who received 3,063 votes (20 percent). Two other candidates, businesswoman Addie Sturgeon Wiseman (born 1963) and physician Martin C. Basaldua (born 1951), also of Humble, held the remaining 31.3 percent of the vote. Huberty then defeated Curling. In the general election, Huberty defeated Democrat Joe A. Montemayor, 37,725 (75.3 percent) to 12,406 (24.7 percent).

In the 2012 general election, Huberty defeated Democrat Cody D. Pogue, an organizer for former mayor of Houston, Bill White, who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2010 against Rick Perry. Huberty received 45,813 votes to Pogue's 19,435.

In 2016, Huberty was challenged in the Republican primary by Mitchell Bosworth. Huberty eventually defeated Bosworth, 78% to 22%. Huberty defeated challengers from the Libertarian Party and Green Party in the 2016 General Election, taking 82% of the vote.

In the general election held on November 6, 2018, Huberty handily won his fifth legislative term. With 44,550 votes (80.3 percent), he defeated the Libertarian choice, Ryan Woods, who polled 10,964 (19.7 percent). No Democrat sought the position.

Huberty currently serves on the (1) Licensing and Administrative Procedures and (2) Public Education committees.:

Huberty has served on the Committee on Public Education during each of his previous legislative sessions. He served as Chairman of the Committee on Public Education during the 85th and 86th Sessions and additionally as Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Educator Quality in the 84th Session. In previous sessions, he was a member of the Committees on State Affairs, Pensions and Calendars. He has also served on the Select Committee on Redistricting and a Select Committee on Transportation Funding, Expenditures & Finance.

References

External links

• Profile at Vote Smart