Background
Vandeveer, Ray was born on July 8, 1953.
Vandeveer, Ray was born on July 8, 1953.
Bachelor of Science, St. Cloud State University.
A Republican, he was first elected to the Senate in 2006, and was re-elected in 2010. He was first elected to the House in a January 1998 special election after Republican Doug Swenson was appointed a district judge by Governor Arne Carlson.
He was re-elected that November in the general election and, again, in 2000, 2002 and 2004.
He chaired the House Taxes Subcommittee for the Property and Local Tax Division during the 2005-2006 legislative session. His special legislative concerns included taxes, education, transportation, and crime prevention.
Vandeveer is a real estate appraiser by profession. He graduated from Columbia Heights High School in Columbia Heights, then went on to Saint Cloud State University in Saint Cloud, where he earned his Bachelor of Surgery in Marketing in 1975.
Republican Party of Minnesota, Republican Party.
Prior to being elected to the Senate, Vandeveer was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing District 52A and, prior to the 2002 redistricting, the old District 51B. Vandeveer was chair of the Senate Local Government and Elections Committee, and was also a member of the Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection and the Senate Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications committees. He is a former member of the Forest Lake Planning Commission, and of the Mounds View Charter Commission. He is currently a member of the Greater Minneapolis Area Board of Realtors.
Married Camille Vandeveer. 4 children.