Harold Dutton Jr.

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Harold Dutton Jr.
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Candidate, Texas House of Representatives District 142

Texas House of Representatives District 142
Tenure

1985 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

39

Compensation

Base salary

$7,200/year

Per diem

$221/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Next election

November 5, 2024

Bildung

Bachelor's

Texas Southern University

Law

Thurgood Marshall School of Law

Personal
Profession
Attorney
Kontakt

Harold Dutton Jr. (Democratic Party) is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 142. He assumed office in 1985. His current term ends on January 14, 2025.

Dutton (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 142. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. He advanced from the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.

Biography

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Dutton, an attorney, earned his J.D. from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law, and BBA from Texas Southern University.[1]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Dutton was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Dutton was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Dutton was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Texas committee assignments, 2017
Juvenile Justice & Family Issues, Chair
Public Education

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Dutton served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Dutton served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Dutton served on the following Texas House of Representatives committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Dutton served on the following Texas House of Representatives committees:

Issues

Redistricting

Representative Dutton filed a suit in federal court against the state of Texas on May 9, 2011 arguing that prisoners should be counted in their homes of residence for redistricting purposes. At the time of the lawsuit, they were counted in the locations of their incarceration. The Houston Chronicle quoted Dutton saying "some rural counties are awarded more population than they deserve using current prisoner population counting methods. Urban counties, meanwhile, should be able to report higher population counts."[2] Dutton claimed that the practice of counting prisoners in their places of incarceration violated the U.S. Constitution.

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

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General election for Texas House of Representatives District 142

Incumbent Harold Dutton Jr. is running in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 142 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
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Harold Dutton Jr. (D)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 142

Incumbent Harold Dutton Jr. defeated Danyahel Norris, Joyce Chatman, and Clint Horn in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 142 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Harold Dutton Jr.
 
60.5
 
5,088
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Danyahel Norris Candidate Connection
 
18.9
 
1,592
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Joyce Chatman
 
15.3
 
1,282
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Clint Horn Candidate Connection
 
5.3
 
444

Total votes: 8,406
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Campaign finance

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2022

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

The general election was canceled. Incumbent Harold Dutton Jr. won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 142.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 142

Incumbent Harold Dutton Jr. defeated Candis Houston in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 142 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Harold Dutton Jr.
 
51.3
 
4,298
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Candis Houston
 
48.7
 
4,079

Total votes: 8,377
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 142

Richard Varner advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 142 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Richard Varner Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
2,251

Total votes: 2,251
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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 142

Incumbent Harold Dutton Jr. defeated Jason Rowe in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 142 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Harold Dutton Jr. (D)
 
74.8
 
42,127
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Jason Rowe (R)
 
25.2
 
14,213

Total votes: 56,340
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 142

Incumbent Harold Dutton Jr. defeated Jerry Davis in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 142 on July 14, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Harold Dutton Jr.
 
52.3
 
5,058
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Jerry Davis
 
47.7
 
4,619

Total votes: 9,677
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 142

Incumbent Harold Dutton Jr. and Jerry Davis advanced to a runoff. They defeated Natasha Ruiz and Richard Bonton in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 142 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Harold Dutton Jr.
 
45.3
 
5,750
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Jerry Davis
 
25.3
 
3,214
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Natasha Ruiz
 
20.5
 
2,599
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Richard Bonton
 
8.9
 
1,135

Total votes: 12,698
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 142

Jason Rowe advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 142 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Jason Rowe
 
100.0
 
2,182

Total votes: 2,182
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 142

Incumbent Harold Dutton Jr. won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 142 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Harold Dutton Jr. (D)
 
100.0
 
32,087

Total votes: 32,087
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 142

Incumbent Harold Dutton Jr. defeated Richard Bonton in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 142 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Harold Dutton Jr.
 
65.3
 
4,810
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Richard Bonton
 
34.7
 
2,561

Total votes: 7,371
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2016

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.[3]

Incumbent Harold Dutton, Jr. ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 142 general election.[4]

Texas House of Representatives, District 142 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Harold Dutton, Jr. Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 36,280
Total Votes 36,280
Source: Texas Secretary of State


Incumbent Harold Dutton, Jr. ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 142 Democratic Primary.[5][6]

Texas House of Representatives, District 142 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Harold Dutton, Jr. Incumbent (unopposed)


2014

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for all 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 4, 2014. Those candidates who did not receive 50 percent or more of the vote in their party primary on March 4 faced an additional May 27 primary runoff. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was December 9, 2013. Incumbent Harold Dutton, Jr. was unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[7][8][9]

2012

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2012

Dutton ran in the 2012 election for Texas House of Representatives, District 142. Dutton ran unopposed in the May 29 primary election. He was unchallenged in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[10]

2010

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2010

Dutton won re-election in District 142. He was unopposed in the March 2 Democratic primary and faced no opposition in the November 2 general election.[10]

Texas House of Representatives, District 142
2010 General election results
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Harold Dutton, Jr. (D) 21,147 100%

2008

On November 4, 2008, Dutton won re-election to the Texas House of Representatives from the 142nd District. He received 35,159 votes with no opposition.[10] He raised $67,670 for his campaign.[11]

Texas House of Representatives, District 142
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Harold Dutton (D) 35,159 100.00%

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2024

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2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Harold Dutton Jr. campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Texas House of Representatives District 142On the Ballot general$277,836 $106,389
2022Texas House of Representatives District 142Won general$199,300 $211,168
2020Texas House of Representatives District 142Won general$408,649 N/A**
2014Texas House of Representatives, District 142Won $149,304 N/A**
2012Texas State House, District 142Won $118,700 N/A**
2010Texas State House, District 142Won $80,205 N/A**
2008Texas State House, District 142Won $67,670 N/A**
2006Texas State House, District 142Won $127,836 N/A**
2004Texas State House, District 142Won $144,375 N/A**
2002Texas State House, District 142Won $61,879 N/A**
2000Texas State House, District 142Won $89,775 N/A**
1998Texas State House, District 142Won $73,270 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only availabale data.

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