| Richard Stevens | |
| Honorific Prefix: | Senator |
| Birth Name: | Richard Yates Stevens |
| Birth Date: | 12 December 1948 |
| Occupation: | management consultant, county manager |
| State Senate: | North Carolina |
| State: | North Carolina |
| District: | 17th |
| Term Start: | January 1, 2003 |
| Term End: | September 7, 2012 |
| Predecessor: | Constituency established |
| Successor: | Tamara Barringer |
| Party: | Republican |
| Spouse: | Jere |
| Alma Mater: | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA, JD, MPA) |
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.[1] 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,[2] and then resigned before the end of his term.[3]