Chuck DeVore
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Charles S. DeVore (born May 20, 1962) is a U.S. politician, currently serving as a Republican member of the California State Assembly, representing portions of Orange County.
Born in Seattle, Washington, DeVore moved to California when he was 13 years old. After enrolling in the United States Army Reserve in 1983, DeVore earned a ROTC scholarship to attend Claremont McKenna College, where he earned his B.A. in Strategic Studies with honors in 1985.
From 1986 to 1988, DeVore served in the Reagan Administration as a Special Assistant for Foreign Affairs in the Department of Defense. He left the Defense Department to serve as the Public Liaison Director for the Congressional campaign of Reagan's Senior Associate Counsel Chris Cox. After Cox won the election, DeVore served as senior assistant to Cox during his first term. Upon being deployed to Fort Irwin, California during the Gulf War, DeVore left Congressman Cox's office to serve in support of the war effort. He was also called to active duty during the 1992 Los Angeles riots to patrol South Los Angeles.
After returning to Orange County in 1991 after the war, DeVore joined SM&A, an aerospace engineering and management services firm in Newport Beach. He also became an Irvine City Commissioner that year, serving until 1996. DeVore was Vice Chairman of the Irvine Community Services Commission from 1993 to 1994 and served as Chairman from 1994 to 1995. He also served as an elected member of the Orange County Republican Party Central Committee from 1993 to 2003 where he was chairman of the Ethics Committee.
In 1999, DeVore co-wrote a novel, China Attacks, about an invasion of Taiwan by the People's Republic of China. The book was self-published in English in 2000 and translated into Chinese in 2001. After the publication of the Chinese version of the book, DeVore was invited to meet with defense and political officials of the Republic of China on Taiwan while the People's Republic of China banned the book.[citation needed]
In 2004, DeVore won the Republican primary election for the 70th Assembly District in coastal Orange County by a 20% margin in a six-way race. He then won the general election with 61% of the vote. DeVore won reelection in 2006 with 61% of the vote.
As a member of the State Legislature, DeVore serves as Vice Chair of the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee and is also a member of the Budget Committee and Veterans Affairs Committee.
In 2004, the Claremont Institute named DeVore a Lincoln Fellow.
DeVore is a lieutenant colonel in the California Army National Guard. Most of his uniformed service was spent in the 40th Infantry Division (Mechanized). During his military service, DeVore has earned several medals, including the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with bronze oak leaf cluster, the Army Achievement Medal with two bronze oak leaf clusters and the National Defense Service Medal.
Married in 1988, DeVore and his wife, Diane, have two daughters, Jennie, born in 1991, and Amy, born in 1997.
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- China Attacks. West Conshohocken, PA: Infinity Publishing, 2000 (with Steven W. Mosher) (ISBN 0-7414-0430-3).
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| Preceded by John Campbell |
California State Assemblyman 70th District 2004–present |
Succeeded by — |
