Richard E. Myers

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{About|the Iowa politician|the North Carolina federal judge|Richard E. Myers II|other people with similar names|Richard Myers (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name =Richard E. Myers

|image = MyersRichard70GA.jpeg

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|state_house=Iowa

|district = 30th

|predecessor = Brian Quirk

|successor = David Jacoby

|term_start =January 13, 2003

|term_end =August 25, 2003

|state_house1=Iowa

|district1 = 49th

|predecessor1 = Robert Dvorsky

|successor1 = Helen Miller

|term_start1 =February 22, 1994

|term_end1 =January 12, 2003

|office2=Mayor of Coralville, Iowa{{Cite web |url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=49 |work=Iowa State Legislature |accessdate=January 23, 2020 |title=Richard E. Myers |date=August 25, 2003}}

|term_start2 = 1969

|term_end2 = 1978

|birth_name=

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|10|29}}

|birth_place =Iowa City, Iowa, United States

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Democratic

|occupation=Businessman

|spouse =Doris

|children = 4

|relations=

|alma_mater=

}}

Richard E. Myers (born October 29, 1934) is an American politician in the state of Iowa.

Myers was born in Iowa City, Iowa. He attended Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, and Kirkwood Community College and is a businessman. A Democrat, he served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1994 to 2005 (49th district from 1994 to 2003 and 30th district in 2003).{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=49|title=State Representative|author=Iowa Legislative Services Agency|publisher=|accessdate=16 October 2015}} Myers was first elected to the state house in a February 1994 special election called after Robert Dvorsky resigned to contest a state senate seat. During the Democratic Party primaries later that year, Myers defeated David Johnson and won his first full term as a state representative.{{cite news |title=Iowa Primary Election Results |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/130446453/ |access-date=March 29, 2022 |work=Des Moines Register |date=June 8, 1994}}