Rick Becker

Rick Becker (Republican Party) was a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, representing District 7. He assumed office on December 1, 2012. He left office on December 1, 2022.

Becker (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent North Dakota's At-Large Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on June 11, 2024.

Biography

Becker received a B.S. in natural sciences and an M.D. from the University of North Dakota in 1987 and 1992, respectively. As of May 2024, he was a plastic surgeon, commercial property developer, and owner of family restaurants and bars.^[1]^[2]

Committee assignments

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2021-2022

Becker was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Becker was assigned to the following committees:

House Judiciary Committee
House Transportation Committee, Vice chair
House Ethics Committee

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

North Dakota committee assignments, 2017
• Industry, Business and Labor
• Transportation, Vice chair

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Becker served on the following committees:

North Dakota committee assignments, 2015
• Industry, Business and Labor
• Transportation

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Becker served on the following committees:

North Dakota committee assignments, 2013
• Transportation
• Industry, Business and Labor

Issues

Law enforcement drones

On January 21, 2013, Becker, fellow Representatives Dick Anderson, Thomas Beadle, Joe Heilman, Curt Hofstad, David Monson, Karen Rohr, Nathan Toman and Ben Hanson, and Senator Margaret Sitte introduced HB 1373 to restrict the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) by law enforcement agencies. This bill would have required agencies to receive a court warrant for any drone use, and such warrants would have only be obtainable for felony investigations. Exceptions would be made for drones used to patrol the Canadian border, aid law enforcement agencies where there is "reasonable suspicion" that quick action is necessary and evaluate damage during and after natural disasters. HB 1373 would have also allowed people injured by governmental violation of these restrictions to sue the offending law enforcement agencies. The bill would have expressly prohibited surveillance by drones with lethal or non-lethal weapons, private surveillance of other private parties without informed consent and surveillance of people exercising their constitutional rights of free speech and assembly.^[3]^[4] On January 28, the Judiciary Committee held its first hearing on the bill.^[5] The bill passed the House of Representatives on February 22 and was sent to the state Senate. The bill died in the state Senate.^[6]

Elections

2024

North Dakota's At-Large Congressional District election, 2024 (June 11 Republican primary)

North Dakota's At-Large Congressional District election, 2024 (June 11 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House North Dakota At-large District

Julie Fedorchak defeated Trygve Hammer in the general election for U.S. House North Dakota At-large District on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Julie Fedorchak (R)	69.2	249,101
	Trygve Hammer (D)	30.4	109,231
	Other/Write-in votes	0.4	1,455

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 359,787
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Richard Grayson (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House North Dakota At-large District

Trygve Hammer defeated Roland Riemers in the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Dakota At-large District on June 11, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Trygve Hammer	73.4	14,088
	Roland Riemers	26.3	5,042
	Other/Write-in votes	0.4	75

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,205
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House North Dakota At-large District

Julie Fedorchak defeated Rick Becker, Cara Mund, Alex Balazs, and Sharlet Mohr in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Dakota At-large District on June 11, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Julie Fedorchak	45.9	43,424
		Rick Becker	29.6	27,965
		Cara Mund	19.5	18,460
		Alex Balazs	4.0	3,788
	Submit photo	Sharlet Mohr	0.8	800
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	109

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 94,546
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Kelly Armstrong (R)
Tom Campbell (R)

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Becker in this election.

Pledges

Becker signed the following pledges.

Taxpayer Protection Pledge, Americans for Tax Reform