Recommendations
Huberty a powerful voice for schoolchildren, other key issues in state House District 127.
In his decade in the Texas Legislature, Rep. Dan Huberty has emerged as a powerful voice on issues facing Texas schools and schoolchildren.
The Republican lawmaker served as chair of the House Committee on Public Education and was the prime driver of House Bill 3, the landmark 2019 school finance reform package that increased per-student funding, gave teachers raises and helped fund full-day pre-K for eligible 4-year-olds.
“If we don’t do this, we’re failing our kids,” Huberty said when the education overhaul was unveiled.
That commitment to education has made Huberty an effective lawmaker who has served his district, which includes Kingwood, Humble and Atascocita, well.
Huberty’s expertise and influence on education issues will be all the more important in the upcoming session as Texas school districts grapple with pandemic-related costs and the challenges of virtual schooling.
Huberty also helped secure a $30 million grant for a dredging program in the San Jacinto River and Lake Houston through the Texas Water Development Board, an effort to alleviate the flooding that has hit the district in recent years.
That is why we are recommending voters send Huberty back for another term representing House District 127. Huberty, 52, also served on the Humble ISD school board for five years and has served effectively on a variety of committees in previous sessions of the Legislature.
That experience has taught him the necessity of working across the aisle to get legislation passed.
“I passed the most reformative education bill that the state of Texas has seen in the last 30 years with unanimous support from the House and from the Senate,” Huberty told the editorial board during the primary race. “You gotta work with everybody.”
Huberty’s record shows that he not only works with everybody, but he also works for the people of his district.
His opponent in the race is Libertarian Neko Antoniou.