Todd Ames Hunter | |
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Todd Ames Hunter
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Texas State Representative from District 32 (Corpus Christi; formerly Aransas, Calhoun, Nueces, and San Patricio counties) | |
Assumed office January 2009 |
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Preceded by | Juan M. Garcia, III |
Texas State Representative from District 32 (Aransas, Calhoun, Jackson, and Nueces counties) | |
In office 1993–1997 |
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Preceded by | Steve Holzheauser (moved to District 30) |
Succeeded by | Gene Seaman |
Texas State Representative from District 36 (Aransas and Nueces counties) | |
In office 1989–1993 |
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Preceded by | Ted B. Roberts |
Succeeded by | Sergio Munoz |
Personal details | |
Born |
Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA |
August 26, 1953
Nationality | American |
Political party | Democrat-turned-Republican |
Spouse(s) | Alexis Taylor Hunter |
Children | Three children |
Residence |
Corpus Christi Nueces County, Texas |
Alma mater | Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Religion | Episcopalian |
Todd Ames Hunter (born August 26, 1953) is a lawyer from Corpus Christi, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 32 in Nueces County. From 1993 to 1997, as a Democrat, Hunter also held the District 32 House seat. He did not seek reelection in 1996. From 1989 to 1993, he was the District 36 Democratic representative. In the 1992 election, he was switched after two terms to District 32 via redistricting.
Hunter is a candidate for his eighth nonconsecutive term in the general election scheduled for November 4, 2014.
Hunter was born in Bartlesville in northeastern Oklahoma to Richard and Patricia London Hunter. In 1975, he graduated from the University of Kansas at Topeka, Kansas, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, Speech, and Human Relations. In 1978, he obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University in University Park outside Dallas, Texas.
In 1978, Hunter moved to Corpus Christi, where he currently practices civil defense law as a partner with Hunter, Barker & Fancher, LLP. He was previously a partner at Hunter & Handel, P.C., and an associate at the Meredith, Donnell & Edmonds and Kleberg, Dyer, Redford & Weil law firms in Corpus Christi. Hunter's areas of practice include insurance defense, commercial law, banking, and mediation. He was also involved in a number of insurance defense cases regarding mold.