Hardy Myers

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name = Hardy Myers


office = Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives
term_start = 1979
term_end = 1983
predecessor = Philip D. Lang
successor = Grattan Kerans
constituency = Multnomah County
office2 = Attorney General of Oregon
term_start2 = January 24 1997
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predecessor2 = Ted Kulongoski
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party = Democrat
date of birth = Birth date and age|1939|10|25|mf=y
place of birth= Electric Mills, Mississippi
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profession = attorney
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Hardy Myers (born October 25 1939 in Electric Mills Mississippi) is a lawyer and Democratic politician currently serving his third term as attorney general of the state of Oregon, United States. Prior to taking office in 1997, he had served from 1979 to 1983 in the Oregon House of Representatives, the last four of those years as its speaker, and has also been a Metro councilor and chaired the Oregon Criminal Justice Council.cite news | title = Myers goes for No. 3 | work = Register-Guard | pages = E10 | publisher = Eugene, Oregon: Register-Guard | date = 2003-11-20]

Education

*LL.B., University of Oregon, 1964
*Bachelor's degree, University of Mississippi, 1961

Electoral history

Attorney General

* 1996 [ [http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/nov596/results/atygen.htm Election Results, Oregon Attorney General, 1996] ] [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40209 Our Campaigns "OR Attorney General" 1996] ] [ [http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=41&year=1996&f=0&off=9&elect=0 1996 Attorney General General Election Results - Oregon] ]
** Hardy Myers (D), 52%
** Victor Hoffer (R), 41%
* 2000 [ [http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/nov72000/other.info/ag.htm Election Results, Oregon Attorney General, 2000] ] [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2209 Our Campaigns "OR Attorney General" 2000] ] [ [http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=41&year=2000&f=0&off=9&elect=0 2000 Attorney General General Election Results - Oregon] ]
** Hardy Myers (D) (inc.), 50%
** Kevin Mannix (R), 46%
* 2004 [ [http://www.oregonvotes.org/nov22004/g04abstract.html Election Results, Oregon Attorney General, 2004] ]
** Hardy Myers (D) (inc.), 55%
** Paul Connolly (R), 40%

References

External links

* [http://www.doj.state.or.us/hardy.shtml Official site]
* [http://www.naag.org/ag/ag_bios.php?id=45 NAAG biography]