# Beth Meyers

Beth Meyers (born May 29, 1959) is an American social worker and Democratic politician. She was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 2015 through 2023, representing the 74th Assembly district, in northern Wisconsin.

## Biography

Born in Bayfield, Wisconsin, Meyers received her bachelor's degree in sociology from Northland College in December 1989. She worked for the Red Cliff Tribe as family services division chief from 1990 to 1999, and later worked as the executive director of CORE Community Services, a nonprofit group serving seniors in the area around Chequamegon Bay. Meyers served on the Bayfield County, Wisconsin, Board of Supervisors from 2010 until she resigned in 2015 to concentrate on her duties in the Assembly. She has also served as chair of the Bayfield County Health Board and Library Board, and as a member of the Northern Lights Services Board and of Bayfield County's Executive Committee, Sheriff's Committee, and Tribal-County Relations Committee.
On November 4, 2014, Meyers was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Democrat replacing Janet Bewley (also a Democrat), who was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate. She is the ranking member on the Assembly's Committee on Long-Term Care and Committee on Energy and Utilities, and a member of the Committees on Financial Institutions, Transportation, and Rural Development, the Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations, the Speaker's Task Forces on Foster Care and Suicide Prevention, and the Wisconsin Department of Justice's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force.
On January 6, 2022, she announced that she would not seek re-election.

## Political positions

Meyers supported Governor Tony Evers's attempt to expand BadgerCare, which she considered useful for the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, stating, "[W]e have a shortage of workers in this state. And what we need is for them to be healthy. We can’t have people who are supposed to be going to their job calling in sick … If their employer can’t provide them health care, we should be able to help them with this money." She also supports state investment to help northern Wisconsin recover economically from the pandemic.
Meyers supports strong regulation of pollution to protect clean running water, particularly as applied to mining; for this reason she opposed the development of an iron mine in the Penokee Hills of Iron County, Wisconsin, in 2014.
In 2016, after the previous year's legislative session on the budget lasted 12 hours, extending into the early morning of the day after it began, Meyers proposed a bill which would require votes on the budget to happen during "normal waking hours", so that citizens would be able to observe the debates and votes.

## Electoral history
### 2014

2014 Democratic Primary: Wisconsin State Assembly District 74 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Beth Meyers | Beth Meyers | 3,080 | 65.19 |
| Graham Garfield | Graham Garfield | 1,645 | 34.81 |
| Total votes | Total votes | 4,725 | 100 |
2014 General Election: Wisconsin State Assembly District 74 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Beth Meyers | 14,663 | 57.43 |
| | Republican | Jamey Francis | 10,862 | 42.54 |
| | Write-ins | | 7 | .03 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 25,532 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

2016 Democratic Primary: Wisconsin State Assembly District 74 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Beth Meyers | Beth Meyers | 4,652 | 99.81 |
| write-ins | write-ins | 9 | .19 |
| Total votes | Total votes | 4,661 | 100 |
2016 General Election: Wisconsin State Assembly District 74 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Beth Meyers | 22,624 | 99.36 |
| | Write-ins | | 145 | .64 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 22,769 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

2018 Democratic Primary: Wisconsin State Assembly District 74 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Beth Meyers | Beth Meyers | 6,573 | 99.86 |
| write-ins | write-ins | 9 | .14 |
| Total votes | Total votes | 6,582 | 100 |
2018 General Election: Wisconsin State Assembly District 74 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Beth Meyers | 15,738 | 56.16 |
| | Republican | Jeffrey Fahl | 12,276 | 43.81 |
| | Write-ins | | 8 | .03 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 28,022 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2020

2020 Democratic Primary: Wisconsin State Assembly District 74 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Beth Meyers | Beth Meyers | 6,934 | 99.76 |
| write-ins | write-ins | 17 | .24 |
| Total votes | Total votes | 6,951 | 100 |
2020 General Election: Wisconsin State Assembly District 74 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Beth Meyers | 18,163 | 51.46 |
| | Republican | James Bolen | 17,119 | 48.51 |
| | Write-ins | | 11 | .03 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 35,293 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

## Personal life

Meyers had two children and was divorced prior to attending college. She lives in Russell, Wisconsin, with her husband, Kevin Buzicky.