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Richard Y. Stevens

American politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ7330121 ↗
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Richard Yates Stevens (born December 12, 1948) is a former Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly. He represented the state's seventeenth Senate district, including constituents in Wake County, North Carolina. A management consultant and former county manager from Cary, North Carolina, Stevens was elected to five consecutive terms in the state Senate. He chose not to run for another term in 2012, and then resigned before the end of his term.

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Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1948, 2012—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1948-12-12. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Richard, Stevens and American providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Richard Y. Stevens” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.