Chuck DeVore

{{Infobox officeholder

| name =Chuck DeVore

| image =Chuck DeVore by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| caption =Chuck DeVore speaking at CPAC

| imagesize =220px

| state_assembly =California

| district =70th

| term_start =December 6, 2004

| term_end =November 30, 2010

| predecessor =John Campbell

| successor =Don Wagner

| nationality =American

| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1962|5|20|mf=y}}

| birth_place =Seattle, Washington

| death_date =

| death_place =

| spouse =Diane DeVore

| occupation =Aerospace Executive

| children =Two daughters

|alma_mater =Claremont McKenna College

| party =Republican

|website =[http://www.texaspolicy.com/experts/detail/chuck-devore/ Chuck DeVore]

| allegiance = {{flag|United States}}

|branch =U.S. Army Reserve, California Army National Guard{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-devore-biobox-20100521-story.html|title=Chuck DeVore: A brief biography|date=May 21, 2010|work=Los Angeles Times}}

|serviceyears = 1983–2007

|battles =

|unit = 40th Infantry Division (Mechanized)

| rank = {{Dodseal|USAO5|25}} Lieutenant Colonel

}}

Charles S. "Chuck" DeVore (born May 20, 1962) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010 when he lived in Irvine and represented the 70th District, which includes portions of Orange County. DeVore was Vice Chair of the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee as well as Vice Chair of the Veterans Affairs Committee. He also served on the Budget Committee and was a member of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. After losing a 2010 bid for Republican nomination for the United States Senate, in 2011 DeVore moved to Texas to work for the Texas Public Policy Foundation where he is now Vice President for National Initiatives.

Education

DeVore earned a full Army ROTC scholarship that allowed him to obtain a bachelor's degree in Strategic Studies (cum laude) in 1985 from Claremont McKenna College. He was named a Distinguished Military Graduate.[https://www.smartvoter.org/2002/03/05/ca/or/vote/devore_c/bio.html Full Biography for Chuck Devore] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021222185232/http://www.smartvoter.org/2002/03/05/ca/or/vote/devore_c/bio.html |date=2002-12-22 }} 2002-03-05 He studied abroad at American University in Cairo, Egypt. He's a graduate of the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff Officer Course.

Early life

File:Chuck-devore-086a.jpg

DeVore served as Special Assistant for Foreign Affairs to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs during the Reagan administration from 1986 to 1988. In 1992, his national guard unit was activated during the 1992 Los Angeles riots.{{cite news |last=Willon |first=Phil |date=20 May 2010 |title=Chuck DeVore has a staunch conservative record |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-may-20-la-me-devore-20100521-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=10 May 2019 }} He later worked as Vice President of Communications and Research for Irvine-based aerospace company SM&A from 1991 to 2004.

Bills and domestic policy positions

DeVore resigned his position as Chief Republican Whip in February 2009 in protest of a $12 billion per year tax increase agreed to by Republican leadership.[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120522021414/http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/02/15/idUS20936+15-Feb-2009+BW20090215 California Assemblyman Chuck DeVore Resigns Leadership Post Due to $14 Billion Tax Increase Deal] 2009-02-14 While a California lawmaker, DeVore favored offshore oil drilling along the California coast as well as the development of modern nuclear power plants. He opposed the federal stimulus package in 2009. He is pro-life. DeVore signed the official ballot argument against California's High Speed Railbond act in the November 4, 2008 election.{{cite web|url=http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/past/2008/general/argu-rebut/argu-rebutt1a.htm|title=REBUTTAL TO ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION 1A|publisher=California Secretary of State|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413034645/http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/past/2008/general/argu-rebut/argu-rebutt1a.htm|archive-date=2013-04-13}}

Foreign policy positions

DeVore has voiced reluctance to commit the U.S. military to open-ended nation building efforts. He criticized President Obama's 2009 plan for Afghanistan, saying, "(The) piecemeal buildup will not defeat the Taliban..." and "...such a strategy expends resources now sorely needed to rebuild our military and retool it for future challenges from a rapidly modernizing People's Republic of China to a revanchist Islamic Republic of Iran."{{cite news|url=http://blog.sfgate.com/politics/2009/12/01/gop-senate-candidates-react-to-obamas-afghanistan-plan/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002095819/http://blog.sfgate.com/politics/2009/12/01/gop-senate-candidates-react-to-obamas-afghanistan-plan/ |archive-date=2016-10-02 | work=San Francisco Chronicle | first=Joe | last=Garofoli | title=GOP Senate candidates react to Obama's Afghanistan plan] | date=2009-12-01}} He appeared on Fox Business News to warn about the Libyan intervention.[http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/4554002/qaddafis-political-future/?#sp=show-clips/ Qaddafi's Political Future] 2011-2-23

2010 United States Senate bid

File:Chuck-devore-4-21-2010.jpg

DeVore declared his candidacy for the 2010 Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by three-term Democratic senator Barbara Boxer.[http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/016928.html DeVore targets Boxer for 2010 Senate seat] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628172947/http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/016928.html |date=2009-06-28 }} 2008-11-10

In the Republican primary on June 8, DeVore finished third out of five candidates with 19.3% of the vote with Carly Fiorina winning the Republican nomination. DeVore raised $2.6 million for his primary effort.{{cite web|url=http://www.fec.gov/|title=Federal Election Commission records for Committee ID : C00457374|accessdate=2013-08-10}}

DeVore's campaign was sued for copyright infringement by musician Don Henley for use by the campaign of two parodies of two songs by Henley, "After the Hope of November is Gone" (after "The Boys of Summer") and "All She Wants to Do is Tax" (after "All She Wants to Do Is Dance"). Henley eventually prevailed;{{cite web|url=http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/don-henley-wins-round-against-gop-candidate-20100601 |title=Don Henley Wins Round In Songs Lawsuit Against GOP Candidate |publisher=Myfoxla.com |date=2010-06-21 |accessdate=2011-06-21}}[http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/18/henley.lawsuit/index.html Don Henley sues Senate candidate over song use] April 18, 2009[http://www.ocweekly.com/2009-05-21/news/chuck-devore/ Chuck DeVore's Quixotic Attempt to Twitter and Parody-Video His Way Into the U.S. Senate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091130151130/http://www.ocweekly.com/2009-05-21/news/chuck-devore |date=2009-11-30 }} 2009-05-21

Devore and a campaign worker issued a public statement apologizing to Henley.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/arts/music/06arts-POLITICIANSE_BRF.html?_r=3&scp=3&sq=don%20henley&st=cse | work=The New York Times | first=Dave | last=Itzkoff | title=Politician Settles Case Over Don Henley Songs | date=2010-08-06}}

Life since 2010

DeVore moved to Texas in late 2011 to accept a job as a visiting scholar at the nonprofit Texas Public Policy Foundation writing about Texas's low taxes and regulations and its effects on business climate, in contrast to other states.{{cite news|url=http://www.sacbee.com/2011/10/17/3984614/the-buzz-chuck-devore-heads-for.html|title=The Buzz: Chuck DeVore heads for Texas|first=Torey|last=Van Oot|date=October 17, 2011|publisher=Sacramento Bee|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913074559/http://www.sacbee.com/2011/10/17/3984614/the-buzz-chuck-devore-heads-for.html|archive-date=September 13, 2012}} By the summer of 2012, DeVore had been named a vice president at the conservative think tank.{{Cite web |url=http://www.texaspolicy.com/experts/chuck-devore-0 |title=Chuck DeVore | Texas Public Policy Foundation |access-date=2013-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225205200/http://www.texaspolicy.com/experts/chuck-devore-0 |archive-date=2013-02-25 |url-status=dead }}

File:Chuck DeVore in studio for a Fox News appearance.jpg

Books

The Crisis of the House Never United: A Novel of Early America in 2022.{{cite book|title=The Crisis of the House Never United: A Novel of Early America |isbn=9798-355064044 |last1=DeVore |first1=Chuck |date=28 September 2022 }}

The Texas Model: Prosperity in the Lone Star State and Lessons for America in 2013.{{cite book|title=The Texas Model: Prosperity in the Lone Star State and Lessons for America |isbn=978-1481193719 |last1=DeVore |first1=Chuck |date=4 January 2013 |publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform }} A new edition of the book was published in 2014:{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Texas-Model-Prosperity-Lessons-America-ebook/dp/B00HMULPPK/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 |title=The Texas Model: Prosperity in the Lone Star State and Lessons for America 2014 Edition|via=Amazon |accessdate=2015-07-30}}

Co-authored China Attacks in 2000, Chinese language edition published in 2001.{{cite book|title=China Attacks |isbn=978-1481973809 |last1=DeVore |first1=Chuck |last2=Mosher |first2=Steven |date=18 January 2013 |publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform }}

Electoral history

=As State Assemblyman=

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| |party = Republican Party (US)

|candidate = Chuck DeVore

|votes = 25,248

|percentage = 46.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| |party = Republican Party (US)

|candidate = Cristi Cristich

|votes = 14,363

|percentage = 26.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| |party = Republican Party (US)

|candidate = Donald P. Wagner

|votes = 8,146

|percentage = 14.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| |party = Republican Party (US)

|candidate = Marianne Zippi

|votes = 4,501

|percentage = 8.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| |party = Republican Party (US)

|candidate = Long K. Pham

|votes = 1,709

|percentage = 3.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| |party = Republican Party (US)

|candidate = Chonchol D. Gupta

|votes = 544

|percentage = 1.0

}}

{{Election box begin no change | title= Assemblyman 70th district, November 2, 2004{{cite web|url=http://www.ocvote.com/data/election-results-archive/archived-statement-of-votes/november-2-2004-sov/ |title=Orange County Registrar Statement of Votes November 2004 |publisher=OCVote.com |accessdate=March 27, 2017}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| |party = Republican Party (US)

|candidate = Chuck DeVore

|votes = 112,844

|percentage = 61.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| |party = Democratic Party (US)

|candidate = Carl Mariz

|votes = 65,351

|percentage = 35.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| |party = Libertarian Party (US)

|candidate = Mark Baldwin

|votes = 6,506

|percentage = 3.5

}}

{{Election box begin no change | title= Assemblyman 70th district, November 7, 2006{{cite web|url=http://www.ocvote.com/data/election-results-archive/archived-statement-of-votes/november-7-2006-sov/ |title=Orange County Registrar Statement of Votes November 2006 |publisher=OCVote.com |accessdate=March 27, 2017}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| |party = Republican Party (US)

|candidate = Chuck DeVore (Incumbent)

|votes = 78,724

|percentage = 60.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| |party = Democratic Party (US)

|candidate = Michael G. Glover

|votes = 51,453

|percentage = 39.5

}}

{{Election box begin no change | title= Assemblyman 70th district, November 4, 2008{{cite web|url=http://www.ocvote.com/data/election-results-archive/archived-statement-of-votes/november-4-2008-sov/ |title= Orange County Registrar Statement of Votes November 2008 |publisher=OCVote.com |accessdate=March 27, 2017}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| |party = Republican Party (US)

|candidate = Chuck DeVore (Incumbent)

|votes = 114,556

|percentage = 57.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| |party = Democratic Party (US)

|candidate = Michael G. Glover

|votes = 83,709

|percentage = 42.2

}}

=As U.S. Senate Candidate=

{{Election box begin no change | title= Republican primary results, June 8, 2010{{cite web |url=http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2010-primary/pdf/2010-complete-sov.pdf/ |title=California Secretary of State Statement of Votes June 2010 |publisher=www.sos.ca.gov |accessdate=March 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206214831/http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2010-primary/pdf/2010-complete-sov.pdf |archive-date=February 6, 2017 |url-status=dead }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| |party = Republican Party (US)

|candidate = Carly Fiorina

|votes = 1,315,429

|percentage = 56.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| |party = Republican Party (US)

|candidate = Tom Campbell

|votes = 504,289

|percentage = 21.7

}}