Howard J. Hunter III | |
State House: | North Carolina |
State: | North Carolina |
District: | 5th |
Term Start: | January 1, 2015 |
Term End: | January 1, 2023 |
Predecessor: | Annie Mobley |
Successor: | Bill Ward |
Party: | Democratic |
Birth Name: | Howard Jacque Hunter III |
Birth Place: | Murfreesboro, North Carolina |
Spouse: | Lori Hunter (M) 2020 |
Children: | 5 |
Alma Mater: | Fayetteville Technical Community College Chowan University |
Residence: | Ahoskie, North Carolina |
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]