Lee Myxter

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name=Lee Myxter

|state_house=North Dakota

|district=27th

|term_start=2006

|term_end=2010

|predecessor=

|successor=Thomas Beadle

|party=Democrat

|residence=Fargo, North Dakota

|relatives=

}}

Lee Myxter (born September 27, 1943) is a former state representative in North Dakota.{{Cite web |last=|title=North Dakota Outdoors Legislative Update: Game and Fish budget, Severance of hunting rights etc. |url=https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/2088772-north-dakota-outdoors-legislative-update-game-and-fish-budget-severance |access-date=2020-06-02 |website=Grand Forks Herald |language=en}} A Democrat, he represented District 27{{Cite web |title=Lee Myxter, North Dakota State Rep, 27th District, Democratic |url=https://www.statesurge.com/members/lee-myxter-north-dakota-212514 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101001902/http://www.statesurge.com/members/lee-myxter-north-dakota-212514 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 1, 2015 |access-date=2020-06-02 |website=www.statesurge.com}} and lived in Fargo. He is a former English teacher and is married with five children.{{Cite web | url=https://www.legis.nd.gov/biography/lee-myxter | title=Lee Myxter | North Dakota Legislative Branch}} Myxter taught in the Fargo public school system from 1967 until 2005,{{Cite web | url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/60329/lee-myxter |title = The Voter's Self Defense System}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.standardnewswire.com/news/22733892.html |title=North Dakota Personhood Bill Passes, First in US History |publisher=Standard Newswire |date= |accessdate=2011-11-12}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/where-republicans-made-gains-in-the-nd-legislature-a-district-by-district-look/article_577c9e34-e759-11df-9c9f-001cc4c03286.html|title=Where Republicans made gains in the ND Legislature : A district-by-district look|website=Bismarck Tribune}}