Pam Myhra

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Early life, education, and career

Myhra is a long-term resident of Burnsville where she graduated from Burnsville High School in 1975. After graduating from the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, earning her B.A. with honors in Business Administration, she joined the public accounting firm, KPMG. As a certified public accountant, she specialized in banking, insurance, and government until placing her career on hold to have a family and home educate her three children. Active in her community, she has also served as a director of a girls’ club and teacher of numerous parenting classes. [2]

Political career

Myhra is a graduate of the Minnesota Excellence in Public Service Series, a communication, leadership, and management program for female leaders and, while serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives, was a fellow of the National Conference of State Legislatures Early Learning program and a Council of State Governments Early Childhood Development program participant. [2] Myhra received the "Elected Women of Excellence Award" from the National Foundation of Women Legislators in November 2013. [3]

Myhra was first elected to the District 56A of the House in 2010, and was re-elected in 2012. She did not seek re-election in 2014.[ citation needed ] Myhra ran as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota as the running mate of GOP gubernatorial candidate, Marty Seifert, who ran for the Republican nomination for Governor of Minnesota. [4] Their ticket was defeated in the Republican primary on August 12, 2014. Myhra opted to run for lieutenant governor, rather than seek re-election to her House seat in 2014. In 2018, Myrha ran for Minnesota State Auditor, but lost to Julie Blaha. [5] In 2020, Myrha ran for her previously held House seat, but lost to Jessica Hanson. [6] [7]

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References

  1. "Myhra, Pam". state.mn.us.
  2. 1 2 3 "About Pam". pamforsenate.com.
  3. "Rep. Myhra receives national award". SWNewsMedia.com.
  4. Tom Scheck. "Seifert picks Myhra as running mate". Capitol View.
  5. "Julie Blaha Declared Winner In State Auditor Race". 7 November 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  6. "DFL'ers lead Senate District 56, House of Representatives 56A races". 4 November 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  7. "2020 Results for State Representative District 56A". 23 November 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
Pam Myhra
Pam Myhra.jpg
Member of the MinnesotaHouseofRepresentatives
from the 56A district
40A (2011–2013)
In office
January 4, 2011 January 5, 2015
Party political offices
Preceded by
Randy Gilbert
Republican nominee for Minnesota State Auditor
2018
Succeeded by
Ryan Wilson