Before becoming secretary for the majority, Myrick spent his entire career working the floor for Senate Democratic leaders. As a college student at the University of Maine, Myrick scored an internship with then-Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell (D-Maine) that became a job after graduation in 1989. Myrick transferred to the Senate cloakroom while he earned his law degree at American University.

When Mitchell left the Senate in 1995, Myrick worked for the new Democratic leader, Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), who promoted Myrick to floor work.

In 2003, Myrick left Daschle's office to advise Reid, who was then assistant Democratic leader. "The majority leader credits Myrick with playing an instrumental role helping him gain mastery of the parliamentary manuevering," The Almanac of the Unelected wrote in 2008.

With Daschle's unexpected loss in 2004, Reid took the reins as Democratic leader, and gave Myrick a bigger role as chief of staff.

Myrick spent seven years in Reid's office, becoming one of Reid's confidantes and one of the most powerful staffers in the Senate. Myrick and communications directorJim Manley were the staffers with the most access to Reid, until Manley's 2010 retirement.

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