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Kirk deViere
Kirk deViere (Democratic Party) was a member of the North Carolina State Senate, representing District 19. He assumed office on January 1, 2019. He left office on January 1, 2023.
DeViere (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the North Carolina State Senate to represent District 19. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 17, 2022.
DeViere completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Kirk deViere served in the U.S. Army from 1987 to 2000.[1]
Committee assignments
Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.
2021-2022
deViere was assigned to the following committees:
- Appropriations on Department of Transportation Committee
- Commerce and Insurance Committee
- Senate Finance Committee
- Senate Transportation Committee
- Appropriations/Base Budget Committee
2019-2020
deViere was assigned to the following committees:
- Pensions and Retirement and Aging Committee
- Appropriations on Department of Transportation Committee
- Senate Transportation Committee
Sponsored legislation
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
2022
See also: North Carolina State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for North Carolina State Senate District 19
Val Applewhite defeated Wesley Meredith in the general election for North Carolina State Senate District 19 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Val Applewhite (D) | 52.7 | 30,755 |
 | Wesley Meredith (R) | 47.3 | 27,601 | |
| Total votes: 58,356 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 19
Val Applewhite defeated incumbent Kirk deViere and Ed Donaldson in the Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 19 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Val Applewhite | 56.2 | 7,588 |
 | Kirk deViere | 36.9 | 4,972 | |
| Ed Donaldson | 6.9 | 931 | ||
| Total votes: 13,491 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 19
Wesley Meredith defeated Dennis Britt in the Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 19 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wesley Meredith | 72.4 | 5,781 |
 | Dennis Britt | 27.6 | 2,202 | |
| Total votes: 7,983 | |||
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: North Carolina State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for North Carolina State Senate District 19
Incumbent Kirk deViere defeated Wesley Meredith in the general election for North Carolina State Senate District 19 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kirk deViere (D) | 51.5 | 46,740 |
| Wesley Meredith (R) | 48.5 | 43,966 | |
| Total votes: 90,706 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Kirk deViere advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 19.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Wesley Meredith advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 19.
Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for North Carolina State Senate District 19
Kirk deViere defeated incumbent Wesley Meredith in the general election for North Carolina State Senate District 19 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kirk deViere (D) | 50.4 | 29,815 |
| Wesley Meredith (R) | 49.6 | 29,382 | |
| Total votes: 59,197 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 19
Kirk deViere defeated Clarence Donaldson in the Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 19 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kirk deViere | 62.6 | 5,257 |
| Clarence Donaldson | 37.4 | 3,142 | ||
| Total votes: 8,399 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 19
Incumbent Wesley Meredith advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 19 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Wesley Meredith |
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kirk deViere completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by deViere's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Creating an Economy that Works for our Families and Everyone
- Expanding Medicaid to Provide Access to Affordable Healthcare
- Investing in our Children and Education
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2020
Kirk deViere did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Kirk deViere participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on March 27, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Kirk deViere's responses follow below.[2]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Reinvesting in our public schools and teachers 2) Expanding economic opportunities for the many not the few |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Policies that affect a person's ability to move up the economic ladder (economic mobility).Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[4]
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2022
In 2022, the North Carolina State Legislature was in session from May 18 to July 1.
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2021
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In 2021, the North Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 13 to December 30.
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2020
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In 2020, the North Carolina State Legislature was in session from April 28 to September 3. The legislature was in recess from July 8 to September 1 and then reconvened September 2 to September 3.
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2019
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In 2019, the General Assembly of North Carolina was in session from January 9 through August 27.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate North Carolina State Senate District 19 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 18, 2022
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Kirk deViere's responses," March 27, 2018
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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| Preceded by Wesley Meredith (R) |
North Carolina State Senate District 19 2019-2023 |
Succeeded by Val Applewhite (D) |
