Dick Dever

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Dick Dever
Image of Dick Dever
North Dakota State Senate District 32
Tenure

2008 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

17

Compensation

Base salary

$592/month

Per diem

$213/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Personal
Religion
Christian: Lutheran
Contact


Dick Dever (Republican Party) is a member of the North Dakota State Senate, representing District 32. He assumed office in 2008. His current term ends on December 1, 2028.

Dever (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the North Dakota State Senate to represent District 32. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Dever currently serves as state senate president pro tempore.

Biography

Dever attended the University of North Dakota. His professional experience includes working as a manufacturer representative for DEVCO. He served in the United States Army.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Dever was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Dever was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Dever was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

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

North Dakota committee assignments, 2017
Appropriations

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Dever served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Dever served on these committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: North Dakota State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for North Dakota State Senate District 32

Incumbent Dick Dever won election in the general election for North Dakota State Senate District 32 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dick Dever
Dick Dever (R)
 
96.6
 
6,141
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.4
 
215

Total votes: 6,356
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Dakota State Senate District 32

Incumbent Dick Dever advanced from the Republican primary for North Dakota State Senate District 32 on June 11, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dick Dever
Dick Dever
 
98.7
 
1,430
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.3
 
19

Total votes: 1,449
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Endorsements

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Pledges

Dever signed the following pledges.

  • U.S. Term Limits

2020

See also: North Dakota State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for North Dakota State Senate District 32

Incumbent Dick Dever defeated Amelia Doll in the general election for North Dakota State Senate District 32 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dick Dever
Dick Dever (R)
 
65.1
 
4,352
Amelia Doll (D)
 
34.6
 
2,312
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
20

Total votes: 6,684
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for North Dakota State Senate District 32

Amelia Doll advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota State Senate District 32 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Amelia Doll
 
99.7
 
676
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
2

Total votes: 678
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Dakota State Senate District 32

Incumbent Dick Dever advanced from the Republican primary for North Dakota State Senate District 32 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dick Dever
Dick Dever
 
99.4
 
1,737
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
10

Total votes: 1,747
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Libertarian primary election

Jody Vetter ran as a Libertarian candidate in the primary election and received 31 votes. Candidates were required to receive at least one percent of the total population of the district to make the general election ballot.

2016

See also: North Dakota State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the North Dakota State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 11, 2016.

Incumbent Dick Dever defeated Tiffany Hodge in the North Dakota State Senate District 32 general election.[2][3]

North Dakota State Senate, District 32 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Dick Dever Incumbent 65.51% 4,360
     Democratic Tiffany Hodge 34.49% 2,295
Total Votes 6,655
Source: North Dakota Secretary of State


Tiffany Hodge ran unopposed in the North Dakota State Senate District 32 Democratic primary.[4][5]

North Dakota State Senate, District 32 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Tiffany Hodge  (unopposed)


Incumbent Dick Dever ran unopposed in the North Dakota State Senate District 32 Republican primary.[4][5]

North Dakota State Senate, District 32 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Dick Dever Incumbent (unopposed)

2012

See also: North Dakota State Senate elections, 2012

Dever ran in the 2012 election for North Dakota Senate District 32. Dever ran unopposed in the Republican primary on June 12. He defeated Wanda Rose (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[6][7]

North Dakota State Senate, District 32, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDick Dever Incumbent 62.3% 4,047
     Democratic Wanda Rose 37.4% 2,433
     Other Write-in 0.3% 17
Total Votes 6,497

2008

See also: North Dakota State Senate elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Dever was elected to the 32nd District Seat in the North Dakota State Senate, besting Tom Asbridge (D).[8] Dever raised $6,080 for his campaign, while Asbridge raised $3,750.[9]

North Dakota Senate, District 32 (2008)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Dick Dever (R) 4,066
Tom Asbridge (D) 2,635

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Dick Dever did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Dick Dever campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* North Dakota State Senate District 32Won general$46,525 $0
2020North Dakota State Senate District 32Won general$23,075 N/A**
2016North Dakota State Senate, District 32Won $11,400 N/A**
2012North Dakota State Senate, District 32Won $5,950 N/A**
2008North Dakota State Senate, District 32Won $6,080 N/A**
2004North Dakota State Senate, District 32Won $3,852 N/A**
2000North Dakota State Senate, District 32Won $1,250 N/A**
1998North Dakota State House, District 32Lost $599 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2011

NDPC: North Dakota Legislative Review

See also: North Dakota Policy Council Legislative Review (2011)

The North Dakota Policy Council, a North Dakota-based nonprofit research organization which describes itself as "liberty-based", published the North Dakota Legislative Review, a comprehensive report on how state legislators voted during the 2011 legislative session. The scorecard seeks to show how North Dakota legislators voted on the principles the Council seeks to promote. The Council recorded and scored votes on both spending bills and policy bills, and awarded points accordingly. Policy issues voted upon included income tax cuts, pension reform, and government transparency. On spending legislation, the Council accorded a percentage score based on how much spending the legislator voted against. On policy legislation, scores range from the highest score (100%) to the lowest (0%). A higher score indicates that the legislator voted more in favor of the values supported by the Council.[11] Dever received a score of 81.82% on policy legislation and voted against 9.26% of state spending. On policy, Dever was ranked 11th and on spending was ranked 10th, out of 46 Senate members evaluated for the study.[12]

2016 Republican National Convention

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016

Dever was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from North Dakota.

Delegate rules

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from North Dakota, 2016 and Republican delegates from North Dakota, 2016

Delegates from North Dakota to the 2016 Republican National Convention were selected by committee at the state Republican convention in April 2016. North Dakota GOP bylaws did not require delegates to indicate which presidential candidate they prefer at the time of their selection. At the national convention, delegates from North Dakota were unbound on all ballots.

Delegate allocation

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
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North Dakota had 28 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention: 22 at-large delegates, three congressional district delegates, and three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates). Delegates to the state convention were selected at district conventions, where no presidential preference poll was taken. The state's Republican National Convention delegation was selected at the state GOP convention, April 1-3, 2016.[13][14]

Personal

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Dever and his wife, Pam, have three children. They currently reside in Bismarck, North Dakota.[1]

Recent news

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Footnotes

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2008-Present
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