Sue Myrick | |
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| Chair of theRepublican Study Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | |
| Preceded by | John Shadegg |
| Succeeded by | Mike Pence |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNorth Carolina's9th district | |
| In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Alex McMillan |
| Succeeded by | Robert Pittenger |
| 51stMayor of Charlotte | |
| In office 1987–1991 | |
| Preceded by | Harvey Gantt |
| Succeeded by | Richard Vinroot |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sue Ellen Wilkins (1941-08-01)August 1, 1941 (age 84) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Jim Forest (divorced)Ed Myrick |
| Children | 2, includingDan 3 stepchildren |
| Education | Heidelberg University, Ohio |
Sue Ellen Myrick[1][2] (néeWilkins; born August 1, 1941) is an American businesswoman and the formerU.S. Representative forNorth Carolina's 9th congressional district, serving from 1995 to 2013. She is a member of theRepublican 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 byRobert Pittenger.
Myrick's sonDan Forest was the 34thLieutenant Governor of North Carolina.[3]
Myrick was born in 1941 inTiffin, Ohio.[4] She graduated fromPort Clinton High School inPort Clinton,Ottawa County, Ohio.[5] She attendedHeidelberg University in Tiffin,Seneca County, Ohio between 1959 and 1960. Prior to going into public relations and advertising, she was aSunday school teacher. She is the former President and CEO of Myrick Advertising and Public Relations and Myrick Enterprises.[6]
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 ofCharlotte, 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]
In 1992, she ran for the nomination for aU.S. Senate seat, held by incumbentDemocratic U.S. SenatorTerry Sanford. TheRepublican primary was won byLauch Faircloth, who defeated Myrick and former U.S. RepresentativeWalter Johnston 48%–30%–17%.[8]
In 1994, Myrick was elected to the House, succeeding five-term incumbentAlex McMillan.
Myrick was overwhelmingly elected to her sixth consecutive term in the2004 Congressional elections, earning 70% of the popular vote and defeating Democrat Jack Flynn. Similarly, she defeated Democrat William Glass in2006 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]
On February 7, 2012, Myrick announced her retirement from Congress.[11]
Myrick was one of the mostconservative members of the House. She chaired theRepublican Study Committee, a group of House conservatives, in the108th Congress.
As a cancer survivor herself, she has been a vocal advocate to find a cure for breast cancer. While in Congress she introduced a bill to provide treatment for women onMedicaid diagnosed with breast cancer. The bill passed and was signed into law. Women previously 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 theEast Coast toDubai Ports World, a state-owned company from theUnited Arab Emirates.[citation needed]
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 electedLieutenant Governor of North Carolina in2012.[13]
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| Preceded by | Mayor of Charlotte 1987–1991 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNorth Carolina's 9th congressional district 1995–2013 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Chair of theRepublican Study Committee 2003–2005 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded byas Former U.S. Representative | Order of precedence of the United States as Former U.S. Representative | Succeeded byas Former U.S. Representative |
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