Member of the Rhode Island Senate from the 2nd district
In office 1991–1995
Preceded by
Sean O. Coffey
Succeeded by
John M. Roney
Personal details
Born
(1946-06-07) June 7, 1946 (age 78) Maplewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Relations
Otto H. York (father)
Education
University of Denver (BA) Boston University (JD, LLM)
Myrth York (born June 7, 1946) is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Rhode Island Senate from 1991 to 1994. She ran unsuccessfully for governor of Rhode Island in 1994, 1998, and 2002.
MyrthYork (born June 7, 1946) is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Rhode Island Senate from 1991 to 1994. She ran unsuccessfully...
term-limited. Republican Donald Carcieri won the open seat, defeating Democrat MyrthYork. As of 2022[update], this was the last time the Republican candidate won...
defeated Democratic nominee MyrthYork in a rematch of the 1994 race. Lincoln Almond, incumbent Governor of Rhode Island MyrthYork, former Rhode Island State...
Almond defeated Democrat MyrthYork. Almond was the first governor elected to a four-year term, as opposed to two years. MyrthYork, former Rhode Island State...
candidate, U.S. Rep. Ron Machtley. He went on to defeat Democratic State Sen. MyrthYork, who had scored her own upset by defeating incumbent Gov. Bruce Sundlun...
Island in 2002. He lost the primary election to former State Senator MyrthYork, who was unsuccessful in the general election against Republican Donald...
to the United States Senate. Sundlun lost the Democratic nomination to MyrthYork. Under a 1992 amendment to the constitution, governors are ineligible...
endorsement of the state Republican Party. He went on to defeat Democrat MyrthYork, 55% to 45% in the general election. On February 20, 2003, The Station...
Senator York may refer to: Alexander M. York (1838–1928), Kansas State Senate Marvin York (born 1932), Oklahoma State Senate MyrthYork (born 1946), Rhode...
term-limited. Republican Donald Carcieri won the open seat, defeating Democrat MyrthYork. As of 2022[update], this was the last time the Republican candidate won...
in 1992, but in 1994, he failed to win the Democratic primary against MyrthYork, who was defeated in the general election. Rhode Island would not have...
(NH) David I. Walsh, LLB 1897, U.S. senator, governor of Massachusetts MyrthYork, JD 1972, Rhode Island state senator, first female chair of the Senate...
Rights Project and former president of the Animal Legal Defense Fund MyrthYork, JD 1972, Rhode Island State Senator, first female chair of the Senate...
under 5%: Florida, 1.5% Maine, 1.5% Georgia, 2.1% South Carolina, 2.5% New York, 3.3% Connecticut, 3.5% Rhode Island, 3.8% States where the margin of victory...
68th district Bridget Valverde, state senator from the 35th district MyrthYork, former state senator Organizations Clean Water Action Rhode Island EMILY's...
Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected. Y Lincoln Almond (Republican) 51.0% MyrthYork (Democratic) 42.1% Robert J. Healey (Cool Moose) 6.3% South Carolina David...
Sundlun lost the 1994 Democratic primary to strongly liberal State Senator MyrthYork, who was then defeated by Republican Lincoln Almond by a slim margin of...
(R) (inc.), 44% Belluck, Pam. "The Rhode Island Governor's Race". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 November 2023. Herman, Jonathan (6 March 2006). "Corruption...
communications consultant to Don Carcieri’s winning gubernatorial campaign against MyrthYork in Rhode Island. In 2000, he served as Communications Director for the...
was a campaign aide during the 2002 gubernatorial campaign of Democrat MyrthYork. He served as state director on the Obama/Biden election campaign in 2008...
Thousand an Hour". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved April 27, 2020. "The House of Myrth". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved April 27, 2020. "Gay and Festive Claverhouse"...
Alabama 1946 Doris Barnes, first woman mayor of Wrangell, Alaska 1956 Myrth Sarvela, first woman elected mayor of Sitka, Alaska 1965 Sylvia Ringstad...