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==Legislative career==
==Legislative career==
With exposure as a parish council member, Hutter was sufficiently well known that she was unopposed in 1999 for her first term in the state House. To win her second term in the House in 2003, she defeated another Republican, Mike Bayham, 8,839 (61 percent) to 5,667 (39 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref> In 2007, Hutter prevailed over a Democrat, Stacy Riley, Sr., 4,120 (69.5 percent) to 1,812 (30.6 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref>
With exposure as a St. Bernard Parish council member, Hutter was sufficiently well known that she was unopposed in 1999 for her first term in the state House. To win her second term in the House in 2003, she defeated another Republican, Mike Bayham, 8,839 (61 percent) to 5,667 (39 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref> In 2007, Hutter prevailed over a Democrat, Stacy Riley, Sr., 4,120 (69.5 percent) to 1,812 (30.6 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref>
Early in 2011, a [[television]] station, WDSU, disclosed that Hutter was living in Metairie, a large unincorporated area in Jefferson Parish outside the boundaries of House District 104. When confronted, Hutter explained that she has temporarily left St. Bernard Parish temporarily after [[Hurricane Katrina]] struck and was helping to care for her elderly mother at the Metairie address. She still maintains her legal residence in a house on Golden Drive in Chalmette. The structure was damaged by Katrina and has not been restored.<ref name=metairie>{{cite web|url=http://www.wdsu.com/r/26813094/detail.html|title=I-Team: State Rep. Lives Outside District: Nita Hutter, of St. Bernard, now lives in Metairie|date=February 10, 2011|publisher=wdsu.com|accessdate=August 29, 2011}}</ref> The legislature passed a bill requiring members to be in continuous residence in their districts; Hutter was the lone dissenter on the measure, which was signed into law by Republican Governor [[Bobby Jindal]]. In 2020, the Louisiana Secretary of State's office does not show that Hutter is a registered voter in either Chalmette or Metairie.
Early in 2011, a [[television]] station, WDSU, disclosed that Hutter was living in Metairie, a large unincorporated area in Jefferson Parish outside the boundaries of House District 104. When confronted, Hutter explained that she has temporarily left St. Bernard Parish temporarily after [[Hurricane Katrina]] struck and was helping to care for her elderly mother at the Metairie address. She still maintains her legal residence in a house on Golden Drive in Chalmette. The structure was damaged by Katrina and has not been restored.<ref name=metairie>{{cite web|url=http://www.wdsu.com/r/26813094/detail.html|title=I-Team: State Rep. Lives Outside District: Nita Hutter, of St. Bernard, now lives in Metairie|date=February 10, 2011|publisher=wdsu.com|accessdate=August 29, 2011}}</ref> The legislature passed a bill requiring members to be in continuous residence in their districts; Hutter was the lone dissenter on the measure, which was signed into law by Republican Governor [[Bobby Jindal]]. In 2020, the Louisiana Secretary of State's office does not show that Hutter is a registered voter in either Chalmette or Metairie.