California State Assemblyman
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 and again in 2008. Because of term limits, he was ineligible to run for reelection in 2010.
In 2004, the Claremont Institute named DeVore a Lincoln Fellow. DeVore has been named legislator of the year by seven organizations: the California Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), the California chapter of the American Legion, the State Commanders' Veterans Council, a membership organization of 20 veterans and military-related organizations, the Southern California Contractors Association, the Young Republican Federation of California and the Orange County Republican Party. In 2006, the Orange County United Way recognized DeVore for his efforts to improve home-based child care law.
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