Sue Myrick Explained

Sue Myrick
Office:Chair of the Republican Study Committee
Term Start:January 3, 2003
Term End:January 3, 2005
Predecessor:John Shadegg
Successor:Mike Pence
State1:North Carolina
Term Start1:January 3, 1995
Term End1:January 3, 2013
Predecessor1:Alex McMillan
Successor1:Robert Pittenger
Office2:51st Mayor of Charlotte
Term Start2:1987
Term End2:1991
Predecessor2:Harvey Gantt
Successor2:Richard Vinroot
Birth Name:Sue Ellen Wilkins
Birth Date:1 August 1941
Birth Place:Tiffin, Ohio, U.S.
Party:Republican
Spouse:Jim Forest (Divorced)[1]
Ed Myrick
Children:2 (including Dan)
3 stepchildren
Education:Heidelberg University, Ohio

Sue Ellen Myrick[2] [3] (née Wilkins; born August 1, 1941) is an American businesswoman and the former U.S. Representative for, serving from 1995 to 2013. She is a member of the Republican Party. She was the first Republican woman to represent North Carolina in Congress. On February 7, 2012, she announced that she was retiring. She left Congress in January 2013 and was succeeded by Robert Pittenger.

Myrick's son Dan Forest was the 34th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina.

Early life, education, and business career

Myrick was born in 1941 in Tiffin, Ohio.[4] She graduated from Port Clinton High School in Port Clinton, Ottawa County, Ohio.[5] She attended Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio between 1959 and 1960. Prior to going into public relations and advertising, she was a Sunday School Teacher. She is the former President and CEO of Myrick Advertising and Public Relations and Myrick Enterprises.[6]

Charlotte city politics

Myrick ran for a seat on the Charlotte City Council unsuccessfully in 1981. In 1983, she was elected to an At-Large District of the City Council and served until 1985. In 1987, she was elected as the first female Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1989, when Sue Myrick was running for re-election as mayor of Charlotte, NC, she confessed to having had a relationship with her husband in 1973 while he was still married to his former wife. (She went on to win the election.) [7]

1992 U.S. Senate election

See main article: 1992 United States Senate election in North Carolina. In 1992, she ran for the nomination for a U.S. Senate seat, held by incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Terry Sanford. The Republican primary was won by Lauch Faircloth, who defeated Myrick and former U.S. Representative Walter Johnston 48%–30%–17%.[8]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

In 1994, Myrick was elected to the House, succeeding five-term incumbent Alex McMillan.

Myrick was overwhelmingly elected to her sixth consecutive term in the 2004 Congressional elections, earning 70% of the popular vote and defeating Democrat Jack Flynn. Similarly, she defeated Democrat William Glass in 2006 with almost 67% of the vote.[9]

Two Charlotte-area Democrats announced challenges to Myrick in 2008 – Harry Taylor and Ross Overby. Myrick defeated Taylor with almost 63% of the vote.[10]

Retirement

On February 7, 2012, she announced that she was retiring from Congress.[11]

Tenure

Myrick was one of the most conservative members of the House. She chaired the Republican Study Committee, a group of House conservatives, in the 108th Congress.

Being a cancer survivor herself, she has been one of the leading advocates to find a cure for breast cancer. While in Congress she introduced a bill to provide treatment for women on Medicaid diagnosed with breast cancer - the bill passed and was signed into law - previously women diagnosed under Medicaid had no treatment options.

Myrick was one of the leading Republican opponents of an abortive 2006 sale of operations at six major American ports along the East Coast to Dubai Ports World, a state-owned company from the United Arab Emirates.

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Personal life

Sue is a wife and a mother of two children and three step-children. She and her husband, Ed Myrick, have 12 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, and 2 great great grandchildren.[12] Her second son, Dan Forest, was elected Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina in 2012.[13]

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Notes and References

  1. http://history.house.gov/People/Detail/18745 Sue Myrick: Women in Congress
  2. News: Announce Engagement. The Sandusky Register. November 29, 1960.
  3. Book: 1992 PAC Briefing Chairman's Report. February 25, 1992. National Republican Senatorial Committee.
  4. Web site: Sue Myrick's Political Summary - The Voter's Self Defense System . Vote Smart . March 30, 2016.
  5. Web site: Sue Myrick - U.S. Congress Votes Database - The Washington Post. February 5, 2012. May 20, 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120205193500/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/m001134/. February 5, 2012.
  6. Web site: Sue Myrick's Biography - The Voter's Self Defense System . Vote Smart . March 30, 2016.
  7. Web site: Julia . Baird . Girls Will Be Girls. Or Not. . Newsweek . August 16, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110318022402/http://juliabaird.me/girls-will-be-girls-or-not/ . March 18, 2011.
  8. Web site: NC US Senate - R Primary Race - May 05, 1992 . Our Campaigns . March 30, 2016.
  9. Web site: Our Campaigns - NC - District 09 Race - Nov 07, 2006. www.ourcampaigns.com. October 23, 2018.
  10. http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/bush_critic_challenging_myrick Bush critic challenging Myrick | newsobserver.com projects
  11. News: N.C. Republican Rep. Sue Myrick retiring. Washington Post . Rachel. Weiner. February 7, 2012.
  12. Web site: Congresswoman Sue Myrick : Biography . May 29, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110602033214/http://myrick.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=2&sectiontree=2 . June 2, 2011 .
  13. Web site: Myrick's son eyes Lt. Governor's seat | newsobserver.com projects . May 29, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928023534/http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/myricks_son_eyes_lt_governors_seat . September 28, 2011 .