Lee Myxter (born September 27, 1943) is a former state representative in North Dakota. A Democrat, he represented District 27 and lived in Fargo. He is a former English teacher and is married with five children. Myxter taught in the Fargo public school system from 1967 until 2005, He won his first election, in 2006, by 1,895 votes coming first among four candidates.AP, "House results", The Bismarck Tribune, 9 November 2006, p. 16 In 2009 he led the Democrat campaign to ensure that the State's Superintendent of Education held a licence to teach when elected.Wetzel, D., "N.D. school super should be teacher, proposal says", The Bismarck Tribune, 17 February 2009, p. 13Wetzel, D., "Proposal sets standards for officeholders", The Bismarck Tribune, 27 February 2009, p. 14 The same year he voted against North Dakota's Personhood of Children Act,Duggan, B., "House OKs anti-abortion legislation", The Bismarck Tribune, 18 February 2009, p. 1 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.
Thomas Beadle succeeded him in office in 2010. The same year, Myxter campaigned for Jim Pomeroy's Senate seat without success;Wetzel, D., "N.D. legislature changes", The Bismarck Tribune, 4 November 2010, p. 16 and did so again in 2012 but lost.
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