Dan Huberty
American businessman and politician
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Daniel G. Huberty (June 21, 1968)[1] is an American businessman and politician who was a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 127 in Harris County from 2011 to 2023.[2]
Dan Huberty | |
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| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 127th district | |
| In office January 11, 2011 – January 10, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Joe Crabb |
| Succeeded by | Charles Cunningham |
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| Born | June 21, 1968 Parma, Ohio, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Janet Marie Etterman |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Huberty ran unopposed for his third term in the state House in the general election on November 4, 2014.[1] He won the Republican primary held on March 1, 2016.[3][4]
Early life and education
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.
Huberty was formerly president of The Parking REIT, a real estate investment trust, which is owned by Michael Shustek, a Las Vegas-based real estate investor; the trust formed in 2017 from the merger of MVP REIT I and MVP REIT II.[5]
Political career
Huberty, of Humble, Texas, was first elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 2011.[6] Before being elected to the state House, he had been a member of the Humble Independent School District school board for five years, including serving board president in his last year.[7]
During the 86th legislative session, Huberty served his second term as chairman of the House Committee on Public Education.[8] He also served on the House Committee on County Affairs.[9] He authored twelve bills which were signed by the Governor[9] including House Bill 3 (2019), an education bill.[10]
In 2016, Huberty was challenged in the Republican primary by Mitchell Bosworth. Huberty won, 78% to 22%. Huberty defeated challengers from the Libertarian Party and Green Party in the 2016 general election, taking 82% of the vote.[11]
In 2018, Reginald Grant initially ran against Huberty in the Republican primary; a state judge ruled that Grant was ineligible because he did not meet the residency requirements for the district, although his named remained on the ballot.[12] In the general election, Huberty won a fifth term with 44,595 (80.2%), defeating Libertarian candidate Ryan Woods, who polled 10,981 (19.8%).[13]
DUI arrest
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.[14] At the time, Huberty was driving home from the State Capitol.[7] He bonded out after the arrest, and the following day he issued an apology on Facebook and said he would seek treatment for alcoholism.[15] In a subsequent speech on the House floor, Huberty said he had struggled with alcohol addiction all his adult life and was in a twelve-step program.[7]
Career after state House
After leaving the state House in 2022, Huberty became chief executive officer of MoakCasey, an education consulting firm in Austin, Texas.[16][17] In 2023, Huberty opened Capitol Cafe, and is the owner of its two locations in Austin, TX.[18][19]
Additionally, Huberty became an Associate Professor of Instruction at the Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin in 2025.[20]
Personal life
Huberty and his wife, the former Janet Marie Etterman, have three children. They are members of Saint Martha's Roman Catholic Church parish in Kingwood/Porter, Texas.[21]