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==Background==

==Background==

Burford is one of four children of dairy farmer James Underwood Burford, Sr. (1919-2013) and the former Bernice Midyett (1921-1986). of Gloster, also in DeSoto Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Burford&GSfn=James&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1124&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=120139213&df=all&|title=James Underwood Burford, Sr.|publisher=Oldfindagrave.com|accessdate=February 14, 2018}}</ref>. His older brother, Harvey Midyett Burford, (1945-2017) was also a dairy farmer and the owner of H&J Burford Trucking, Inc.  The parents and brother are interred at Gloster Trinity Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=harvey-burford&pid=187333111|title=Harvey Burford|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=November 25, 2017|accessdate=February 14, 2018}}</ref> Burford and his wife, Sandra Amburn "Sandy" Burford, have a son, Richard, Jr., and possibly other children as well.

Burford is one of four children of dairy farmer James Underwood Burford, Sr. (1919-2013) and the former Bernice Midyett (1921-1986). of Gloster, also in DeSoto Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Burford&GSfn=James&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1124&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=120139213&df=all&|title=James Underwood Burford, Sr.|publisher=Oldfindagrave.com|accessdate=February 14, 2018}}</ref>  His older brother, Harvey Midyett Burford, (1945-2017) was also a dairy farmer and the owner of H&J Burford Trucking, Inc.  The parents and brother are interred at Gloster Trinity Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=harvey-burford&pid=187333111|title=Harvey Burford|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=November 25, 2017|accessdate=February 14, 2018}}</ref> Burford and his wife, Sandra Amburn "Sandy" Burford, have a son, Richard, Jr., and possibly other children as well.

==Political life==

==Political life==

Prior to his legislative service,  Burford was one of eleven members of the DeSoto Parish Police Jury (the parish governing council), having represented District 3 from 1996 to 2008. He is a member of the DeSoto Parish Chamber of Commerce. Representative Burford pledged to support Blueprint Louisiana, a group which proposes reforms in the way Louisiana conducts its state government and promotes high technology and economic development. It is chaired by former State Representative Sean Reilly of [[Baton Rouge]], an officer of Lamar Advertising  Company in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>[http://www.blueprintlouisiana.org/candidates_shreveport.cfm: Blueprint Louisiana – To Fundamentally Improve Louisiana</ref>

Prior to his legislative service,  Burford was one of eleven members of the DeSoto Parish Police Jury (the parish governing council), having represented District 3 from 1996 to 2008. He is a member of the DeSoto Parish Chamber of Commerce. Representative Burford pledged to support Blueprint Louisiana, a group which proposes reforms in the way Louisiana conducts its state government and promotes high technology and economic development. It is chaired by former State Representative Sean Reilly of [[Baton Rouge]], an officer of Lamar Advertising  Company in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>[http://www.blueprintlouisiana.org/candidates_shreveport.cfm: Blueprint Louisiana – To Fundamentally Improve Louisiana]</ref>

===2007 election===

===2007 election===