Harold V. Dutton, Jr
What this job does: Your district's vote in the Texas House of Representatives. Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Representative, House District 142 (since 1985)
- Occupation
- Attorney (owner, Law Offices of Harold V. Dutton, Jr. and Associates)
- Lives in
- Houston
Background
- Earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Texas Southern University and a law degree from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University. source: branch.vote
- Worked in corporate planning and economic analysis management at Conoco Inc. source: branch.vote
- Served as executive director of Julia C. Hester House and president of Four Star Broadcasting. source: branch.vote
- Has been an adjunct professor at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law. source: branch.vote
- First elected to House District 142 in 1984; serving a 21st term. source: branch.vote
In their own words
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- Supporting women- and minority-owned businesses source: branch.vote
- Increasing public school funding, reducing class sizes and raising teacher salaries source: branch.vote
- Counting incarcerated people at their home addresses for redistricting source: branch.vote
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