Sue Wilkins Myrick
Sue Wilkins Myrick (b. August 1, 1941) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina. Myrick represented North Carolina's 9th Congressional District from 1995 to 2013. She was the first Republican woman to represent North Carolina in the U.S. Congress.
Myrick announced on February 8, 2012 that she would not seek re-election in 2012.[1]
Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Myrick was a "far-right Republican."[2]
Biography
Myrick was born in Tiffin, Ohio. She attended Heidelberg College from 1959 to 1960 but did not earn a degree.[3]
Career
Myrick is the former President and CEO of Myrick Advertising and Public Relations and Myrick Enterprises.[4]
Committee assignments
U.S. House
2011-2012
Myrick served on the following committees:[5]
- Energy and Commerce Committee (Vice Chairwoman)
- Subcommittee on Health
- Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis, and Counter Intelligence (Chairwoman)
Issues
Specific votes
Fiscal Cliff
Myrick voted against the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. She was 1 of 151 Republicans that voted against the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257 - 167 vote on January 1, 2013.[6]
Voting with party
November 2011
Sue Myrick voted with the Republican Party 94.5 percent of the time, which ranked 70th among the 242 House Republican members as of January 2012.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many
Elections
2012
Myrick announced on February 8, 2012 that she would not run for re-election in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing North Carolina's 9th District.[1]
Robert Pittenger (R) defeated Jennifer Roberts (D) and Curtis Campbell (L) in the general election.
2010
On November 2, 2010,, Myrick was re-elected to the United States House for a ninth term. She defeated Jeff Doctor (D).[7]
| U.S. House, North Carolina Congressional District 9 General Election, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Sue Wilkins Myrick Incumbent |
69% | 158,790 | |
| Democratic | Jeff Doctor | 31% | 71,450 | |
| Total Votes | 230,240 | |||
Campaign finance summary
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Analysis
Congressional staff salaries
The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Myrick paid her congressional staff a total of $1,056,329 in 2011. Overall, North Carolina ranked 7th in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[8]
Net worth
2011
Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Heller's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between $85,009 to $359,999. That averages to $222,504, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican House members in 2011 of $7,859,232. Her average calculated net worth[9] increased by 37.34% from 2010.[10]
2010
Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Myrick's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $14,009 to $309,999. Averaging to a net worth of $162,004 which is lower than the average net worth of Republicans in 2010 of $7,561,133.[11]
National Journal vote ratings
- See also: National Journal vote ratings
2012
Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Myrick ranked 32nd in the conservative rankings among members of the U.S. House.[12]
2011
Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Myrick was tied with three other members of the U.S. House of Representatives ranking 76th in the conservative rankings among members of the U.S. House.[13]
Personal
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Myrick is a wife; a mother of two children and three step-children. She and her husband, Ed, have 12 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.[14]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 New York Times, "North Carolina Congresswoman Is Stepping Down," February 8, 2012
- ↑ GovTrack, "Myrick," accessed May 25, 2012
- ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "MYRICK, Sue, (1941 - )"
- ↑ Sue Myrick for Congress 2012 "Biography"
- ↑ Congresswoman Sue Myrick, North Carolina's 9th Congressional District, "Biography"
- ↑ U.S. House, "Roll Call Vote on the Fiscal Cliff," accessed January 4, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ LegiStorm, "Sue Myrick," accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ This figure represents the total percentage growth from either 2004 (if the member entered office in 2004 or earlier) or the member's first year in office (as noted in the chart below).
- ↑ OpenSecrets, "Sue Myrick (R-NC), 2011," accessed February 22, 2013
- ↑ OpenSecrets, "Sue Myrck (R-NC), 2010," accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ National Journal, "2012 Congressional Vote Ratings," March 7, 2013
- ↑ National Journal, "Searchable Vote Ratings Tables: House," accessed February 23, 2012
- ↑ Sue Myrick for Congress 2012 "Biography"
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Alex McMillan |
U.S. House of Representatives - North Carolina District 9 1995–2013 |
Succeeded by Robert Pittenger |
| Preceded by Harvey Gantt |
Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina 1987-1991 |
Succeeded by Richard Vinroot |
| Preceded by ' |
At-large Member of the Charlotte, North Carolina City Council 1983-1985 |
Succeeded by ' |
