13 Facts About Sue Myrick

Sue Ellen Myrick is an American businesswoman and the former US Representative for, serving from 1995 to 2013.

Sue Myrick was the first Republican woman to represent North Carolina in Congress.

Sue Myrick left Congress in January 2013 and was succeeded by Robert Pittenger.

Sue Myrick graduated from Port Clinton High School in Port Clinton, Ottawa County, Ohio.

Sue Myrick attended Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio between 1959 and 1960.

Sue Myrick is the former President and CEO of Myrick Advertising and Public Relations and Myrick Enterprises.

Sue Myrick ran for a seat on the Charlotte City Council unsuccessfully in 1981.

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.

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

Sue Myrick was one of the most conservative members of the House.

Sue Myrick chaired the Republican Study Committee, a group of House conservatives, in the 108th Congress.

Sue 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.

Sue Myrick is a wife and a mother of two children and three step-children.