Myra Crownover is currently serving her sixth full term as the Representative from House District 64. The district is located solely within Denton County and includes the cities of Denton, Corinth, Shady Shores, Lake Dallas, Hickory Creek, The Colony, Little Elm, Lakewood Village and Oak Point. District 64 also includes the University of North Texas, Texas Woman's University and North Central Texas College.

In 2011, Representative Crownover was appointed to the Appropriations Committee and Vice-Chair of the Energy Resources Committee. Additionally, she served as the Vice-Chair of the House Republican Caucus.  At the end of the 2011 Session Representative Crownover was asked by the Speaker of the House to serve on the Conference Committee on the Budget.  Only five members of the House and five members of the Senate are appointed to this committee and the appointment is recognition for her expertise and years of hard work on the Texas budget.

Representative Crownover has been recognized several times over for her pro-conservative, pro-business stance on issues affecting both the Denton area as well as the State of Texas. She has been twice-selected as a "Champion for Free Enterprise” by the Texas Association of Business, their highest honor for an elected official. In 2009, she was presented with the 2009 Taxpayer Champion Award by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility and named "Guardian of the Rainy Day Fund" by the Republican Caucus.  

A former public school teacher, Representative Crownover is currently involved in the banking and energy industries.  She was raised in Colorado City, Texas, where she graduated from Colorado High School.  She earned her Bachelor's degree in education from Southern Methodist University and her Master's degree from Texas A&M University.

In 1970, Myra married Ronny Crownover, DVM. They celebrated their 30th anniversary before his death in March 2000. Representative Crownover has four children and five grandchildren.