Lee Myxter Explained

Lee Myxter
State House:North Dakota
District:27th
Term Start:2006
Term End:2010
Successor:Thomas Beadle
Party:Democrat
Residence:Fargo, North Dakota

Lee Myxter (born September 27, 1943) is a former state representative in North Dakota.[1] A Democrat, he represented District 27[2] and lived in Fargo. He is a former English teacher and is married with five children.[3] Myxter taught in the Fargo public school system from 1967 until 2005,[4] He won his first election, in 2006, by 1,895 votes coming first among four candidates.[5] In 2009 he led the Democrat campaign to ensure that the State's Superintendent of Education held a licence to teach when elected.[6] [7] The same year he voted against North Dakota's Personhood of Children Act,[8] which aimed to "provide equality and rights to all human beings at every stage of biological development". This step could eventually eliminate all types of induced abortion for nearly any reason in the state of North Dakota.[9]

Thomas Beadle succeeded him in office in 2010. The same year, Myxter campaigned for Jim Pomeroy's Senate seat without success;[10] and did so again in 2012 but lost.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: North Dakota Outdoors Legislative Update: Game and Fish budget, Severance of hunting rights etc. . 2020-06-02 . Grand Forks Herald . en.
  2. Web site: Lee Myxter, North Dakota State Rep, 27th District, Democratic . 2020-06-02 . www.statesurge.com.
  3. Web site: Lee Myxter | North Dakota Legislative Branch.
  4. Web site: The Voter's Self Defense System.
  5. AP, "House results", The Bismarck Tribune, 9 November 2006, p. 16
  6. Wetzel, D., "N.D. school super should be teacher, proposal says", The Bismarck Tribune, 17 February 2009, p. 13
  7. Wetzel, D., "Proposal sets standards for officeholders", The Bismarck Tribune, 27 February 2009, p. 14
  8. Duggan, B., "House OKs anti-abortion legislation", The Bismarck Tribune, 18 February 2009, p. 1
  9. Web site: North Dakota Personhood Bill Passes, First in US History . Standard Newswire . 2011-11-12.
  10. Wetzel, D., "N.D. legislature changes", The Bismarck Tribune, 4 November 2010, p. 16
  11. Web site: Where Republicans made gains in the ND Legislature : A district-by-district look. Bismarck Tribune.