[1]: 77 In 1988, after incumbent state representative John H. Robinson resigned his seat to take office as Mayor of Wausau, Huber announced his candidacy to replace him.
Huber narrowly won a three-way race in the Democratic primary, finishing 168 votes ahead of county planner Larry Saeger.
He went on to another close victory in the November general election, which, after a recount, produced a final margin of 203 votes for Huber over Republican David M.
During the Democratic majorities in the 1991 and 1993 sessions, he was chairman of the committees of Reapportionment (1991), Tax Delinquent Contaminated Land (1991), and Elections, Constitutional Law and Corrections (1993).
[1]: 77 Huber's path to the Circuit Court judgeship started with the July 2003 announcement by incumbent judge Raymond F. Thums that he would retire by the end of the year.