LeRoy E. Myers Jr. (born October 8, 1951) is an

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politician from the

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Background

Myers was first elected to the

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in 2003 representing District 1C, which covers parts of Allegany and

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counties. He defeated long-time delegate and Speaker of the House,

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. Taylor had been a staunch proponent to bring slot machines into Maryland, but despite his defeat by Myers, the passage of slot machines prevailed with the 2008 referendum. In 2006, Myers defeated Brian Grim.

Education

Myers attended

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for one semester. No other college experience.

Career

Myers served in

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from 1970–76. He is the owner of a General Contracting Company in Western Maryland, MYERS BUILDING SYSTEMS. Myers formed Myers Building Systems in 1985 after working for over 15 years with his father's company, LeRoy Myers, Inc.

Legislative notes

*Voted against the Clean Indoor Air Act of 2007 (HB359) *Voted against in-state tuition for illegal immigrants in 2007 (HB6) *Voted against the Healthy Air Act in 2006 (SB154) *Voted against slots in 2005 (HB1361) In 2007, Myers made a proposal to "prohibit motorists from displaying anything resembling or depicting 'anatomically correct' or 'less than completely and opaquely covered' human or animal genitals, human buttocks or female breasts". He was referring to the popular accessories for

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and other vehicles known as

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, calling the dangling testicles "vulgar and immoral," and stated that his proposal was made at the request of a constituent who was offended by the accessories.

Election results

*2006 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 01C ::Voters to choose one: : *2002 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 01C ::Voters to choose one: :

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Myers, Leroy E. Jr. County commissioners in Maryland Republican Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates 1951 births Living people Politicians from Hagerstown, Maryland 21st-century American politicians