Myra Crownover
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Representative Myra Crownover |
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| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 64th district |
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In office 2000 – January 9, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Ronny Crownover |
| Succeeded by | Lynn Stucky |
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| Born |
April 26, 1947 Colorado City Mitchell County Texas, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Widow of former state Representative Ronny Crownover |
| Children | Scott Luke John Dan |
| Residence |
Lake Dallas, Denton County Texas |
| Alma mater |
Southern Methodist University Texas A&M University |
| Occupation | Real estate agent (natural gas/petroleum production) |
| Website | www |
Myra Ellen Robinson Crownover (born April 26, 1947) is a businesswoman and politician from Lake Dallas in Denton County, north of the city of Dallas. Originally elected in 2000 as a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 64, she retired after declining to seek re-election in 2016. Under the state's 2012 redistricting process, her district was located completely in Denton County, including much or parts of Denton, Lake Dallas, Corinth, and Hickory Creek.
Crownover holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Methodist University and a Master of Science from Texas A&M University at College Station, both in professional education. She was elected to the Texas House in 2000 to succeed her late husband, Representative Ronny Crownover.
When Crownover's husband, a Denton veterinarian, died of leukemia after the 2000 primaries, his wife took his place on the general election ballot and ran unopposed. Since that time, Crownover was reelected six times and prevailed against major party opposition in the general election three times.
During the Eighty-second Texas Legislature, Crownover served on the Appropriations Committee of the Texas House. The committee approved HB 1, which eventually passed through the Republican-dominated Texas House and Senate. The budget bill reduced funding for K-12 education by $4 billion for the 2011–12 and 2012–13 school years. Crownover spoke on the floor of the Texas House in favor of the budget with cuts, saying "I think this is the right thing for Texas, and I will be voting aye." In 2012, Crownover updated her campaign website to include the statement "we also were able to increase state funding for public schools by $1.6 billion even in the face of the worst recession in decades." Both PolitiFact.com and The Lewisville Texan Journal, an online publication in Lewisville, Texas, found Crownover's statement false, with Politifact Texas rating the statement "Pants on Fire". By March 22, the claim had been removed from her website.
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