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Rick Becker is an American politician from the state of North Dakota. 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rep. Rick Becker running for governor )〕 Becker has often been cited as among the top fiscal conservatives in the House. He is running for Governor of North Dakota in the 2016 gubernatorial election. 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. 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. However, Becker was instrumental behind the scenes in courting support for the bill, which Republican Party leadership and the Governor's Office, along with the Superintendent of Public Instruction opposed the bill. 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. His bill to ban DUI checkpoints garnered significant controversy but ultimately failed. 2016 Gubernatorial Campaign As of November 11th, Rick Becker is the first and only candidate -- Republican or Democrat -- to announce his candidacy. The announcement was made through the campaign website and an online YouTube video. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rick Becker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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