Charles S. "Chuck" DeVore (born May 20, 1962) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010 when he lived in Irvine[1] and represented the 70th District, which includes portions of Orange County.

DeVore earned a full Army ROTC scholarship that allowed him to obtain a bachelor's degree in Strategic Studies (cum laude) in 1985 from Claremont McKenna College.

[3] He later worked as Vice President of Communications and Research for Irvine-based aerospace company SM&A from 1991 to 2004.

[1] DeVore signed the official ballot argument against California's High Speed Railbond act in the November 4, 2008 election.

[5] DeVore has voiced reluctance to commit the U.S. military to open-ended nation building efforts.

He criticized President Obama's 2009 plan for Afghanistan, saying, "(The) piecemeal buildup will not defeat the Taliban..." and "...such a strategy expends resources now sorely needed to rebuild our military and retool it for future challenges from a rapidly modernizing People's Republic of China to a revanchist Islamic Republic of Iran.