Rick Becker
| Rick Becker | |
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| Republican candidate for Governor of North Dakota | |
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| Political party | Republican |
| Occupation | Plastic surgeon |
Rick Becker is an North Dakota politician from Bismarck. He serves in the North Dakota House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party.
Becker is a plastic surgeon and businessman with several commercial developments. He was elected to represent District 7 in the North Dakota House in 2012, and was reelected to a four-year term in 2014.[1] Becker has often been cited as among the top fiscal conservatives in the House.[2] He is running for Governor of North Dakota in the 2016 gubernatorial election.[3]
He is often described as a conservative or libertarian.
63rd Legislative Session
During his first session in 2013, Becker gained notoriety for being a staunch fiscal hawk and civil libertarian. He formed the Bastiat Caucus, named after the political philosopher Frederic Bastiat. Eventually, the group grew to several dozen members of the North Dakota House, often holding regular meetings to organize a unified, conservative front on key votes. Rick was named 2nd most conservative in his first session of being a legislator and raised that to being first most conservative by his second session
64th Legislative Session
During the 2015 Legislative Session, Becker supported Division A of HB 1461, which would have pulled North Dakota out of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, generally seen as a move to get the state out of the Common Core standards. The bill narrowly failed.[4] Becker was the main force courting support for the bill, which Governor Dalrymple, Superintendent of Public Instruction Baesler, and Republican Party leadership opposed.[5]
Becker also supported a bill which would have brought the state income tax down to a 0% rate for an extended tax holiday for residents paying those taxes.[6]
His bill to ban DUI checkpoints garnered significant controversy but ultimately failed.[7]
2016 Gubernatorial Campaign
On November 11, in an online video announcement, Rick Becker became the first candidate to announce his candidacy in the 2016 North Dakota gubernatorial election.[8]
References
- ↑ "Rep. Rick Becker running for governor". The Bismarck Tribune. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- ↑ "UPDATE- 64th Assembly Halftime Report: House Rankings - Say Anything". Say Anything. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
- ↑ "State lawmaker from Bismarck running for governor". Grand Forks Herald. September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
- ↑ "Effort to eliminate Common Core defeated in House". Bismarck Tribune. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
- ↑ "ND lawmakers hear five hours of arguments on bill to withdraw...". INFORUM. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
- ↑ "Rep. Rick Becker: In Defense Of Eliminating The Income Tax - Say Anything". Say Anything. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
- ↑ "Bill To Ban DUI Checkpoints Fails In The House 34-59 - Say Anything". Say Anything. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
- ↑ Rick Becker for Governor - Announcement Video, YouTube, retrieved 2015-11-11
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