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In her last legislative session, Hutter chaired the House Transportation Committee. She served on special committees regarding Coastal Restoration, Flood Control, and Disaster Planning, topics of great important to her district. In 2006, she was named chair of the Legislative Women's Caucus.<ref name=hutter/> In 2010, Hutter received a 38 percent rating by the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, low for a Republican lawmaker, 78 percent from the [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum. In 2009, she was ranked 100 percent by the Louisiana [[Right to Life]] Federation. In 2011, she voted against an increase in the state [[tobacco]] tax.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=54284|title=Rep. Nita Rusich Hutter|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=April 3, 2020}}</ref>

In her last legislative session, Hutter chaired the House Transportation Committee. She served on special committees regarding Coastal Restoration, Flood Control, and Disaster Planning, topics of great important to her district. In 2006, she was named chair of the Legislative Women's Caucus.<ref name=hutter/> In 2010, Hutter received a 38 percent rating by the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, low for a Republican lawmaker, 78 percent from the [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum. In 2009, she was ranked 100 percent by the Louisiana [[Right to Life]] Federation. In 2011, she voted against an increase in the state [[tobacco]] tax.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=54284|title=Rep. Nita Rusich Hutter|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=April 3, 2020}}</ref>

Term-limited in the House, Hutter was defeated in a race for the District 1 seat in the state Senate in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 22, 2011. The Senate district includes all of Plaquemines and parts of St. Bernard,|St. Tammany, and Orleans parishes. She lost to the incumbent Republican senator, Almond Gaston "A. G," Crowe of Pearl River in St. Tammany Parish, who received 15,717 votes (69.1 percent), compared to her 7,025 ballots (30.9 percent).<ref name=hutter>"Rep. Nita Hutter will seek Louisiana Senate seat in October elections," ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' accessed August 29, 2011; article no longer on-line.</ref><ref name=returns>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref> ​The seat is now held by the conservative Republican, Sharon Hewitt, who was elected in 2015, when Crowe did not seek a third term in the Senate.

Term-limited in the House, Hutter was defeated in a race for the District 1 seat in the state Senate in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 22, 2011. The Senate district includes all of Plaquemines and parts of St. Bernard,|St. Tammany, and Orleans parishes. She lost to the incumbent Republican senator, Almond Gaston "A. G." Crowe of Pearl River in St. Tammany Parish, who received 15,717 votes (69.1 percent), compared to her 7,025 ballots (30.9 percent).<ref name=hutter>"Rep. Nita Hutter will seek Louisiana Senate seat in October elections," ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' accessed August 29, 2011; article no longer on-line.</ref><ref name=returns>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref> ​The seat is now held by the conservative Republican, Sharon Hewitt, who was elected in 2015, when Crowe did not seek a third term in the Senate.

Her successor in the House is fellow Republican Paul Bryan Hollis, who received 3,905 votes (55.8 percent) in the 2011 primary. His opponent, Republican Christopher Trahan, trailed with 3,096 votes (44.2 percent). Hollis is a son of the late state Senator Ken Hollis.<ref name=returns/>​ Hollis still holds the House seat.

Her successor in the House is fellow Republican Paul Bryan Hollis, who received 3,905 votes (55.8 percent) in the 2011 primary. His opponent, Republican Christopher Trahan, trailed with 3,096 votes (44.2 percent). Hollis is a son of the late state Senator Ken Hollis.<ref name=returns/>​ Hollis still holds the House seat.