Rosalyn Henderson-Myers | |
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Member of the South CarolinaHouseofRepresentatives from the 31st district | |
Assumed office September 26, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Harold Mitchell,Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | Rosalyn Henderson Spartanburg,South Carolina,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | University of South Carolina (BA) Tulane University (JD) |
Profession | Attorney |
Rosalyn D. Henderson-Myers is an attorney and an American politician. She is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 31st District,serving since 2017. She is a member of the Democratic party. [1]
Henderson-Myers served on Spartanburg City Council from 2015 to 2017. [2]
In May 2017,Harold Mitchell Jr. vacated his State House seat. Henderson-Myers defeated Angela Geter and Jerome Rice Jr. in the August Democratic Primary,and County Councilman Monier Abusaft in the primary runoff. [3] [4] She went on the defeat Republican Michael Fowler in the general election. [5]
Henderson-Myers serves on the House Judiciary Committee. [6] In 2022,she was on the 12-member House ad hoc committee that held public hearings on House Bill 5399 that banned abortions. [7] She serves as Secretary of the South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus. [8]
Henderson-Myers was married to Kenneth E. Myers Sr.,who died in 2023. [11]
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