Spencer Berry

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Spencer Berry
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Prior offices
North Dakota State Senate District 27

Education

Bachelor's

University of South Dakota

Medical

Baylor College of Medicine, 1984

Spencer Berry (b. November 4, 1957) is a former Republican member of the North Dakota State Senate, representing District 27 from 2010 to 2014.

Biography

Berry earned a bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of South Dakota. He later earned a M.D. from Baylor College of Medicine. After completing medical school, he practiced medicine with his father in South Dakota before moving to North Dakota to practice at Sanford-Meritcare Health Systems.[1]

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Berry served on the following committees:

North Dakota committee assignments, 2013
Government and Veterans Affairs
Judiciary

2011-2012

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

Elections

2010

See also: North Dakota State Senate elections, 2010

Berry won election to the North Dakota State Senate in the November 2 general election. He defeated Lee Myxter (D), who was a North Dakota House of Representatives member at the time of the election.[2]

North Dakota Senate General Election, District 27 (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Spencer Berry (R) 3,641 61.11%
Lee Myxter (D) 2,300 38.60%

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Scorecards

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2014

In 2014, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly did not hold a regular session.


2013


2012


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.[4] Berry received a score of 81.82% on policy legislation and voted against 4.17% of state spending. On policy, Berry was ranked 12th and on spending was ranked 17th, out of 46 Senate members evaluated for the study.[5]

Personal

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Berry and his wife, Marilyn, have four children and eight grandchildren. They currently reside in Fargo, North Dakota.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Jim Pomeroy (D)
North Dakota State Senate District 27
2010–2014
Succeeded by
Jon Casper (R)


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