| | '''Timothy Gerard Burns''' (born April 1, 1957), also known as '''Tim Burns''', is a tax [[attorney]] from Mandeville, [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative for District 89 in St. Tammany Parish in the [[New Orleans]] [[suburb]]s. | | '''Timothy Gerard Burns''' (born April 1, 1957), also known as '''Tim Burns''', is a tax [[attorney]] from Mandeville, [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative for District 89 in St. Tammany Parish in the [[New Orleans]] [[suburb]]s. |
| − | Political web sites do not indicate Burns's place of birth. He holds three degrees from [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans — Bachelor of Arts in economics in 1979, [[Master of Business Administration]] in 1980, and [[Juris Doctor]]ate in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ucsb.www.ucforcalifornia.org/bio/id/141590|title=Rep. Timothy Burns|publisher=ucforcalifornia.org|accessdate=August 28, 2011}}</ref> Burns is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in Louisiana.<ref>"Rep. Tim Burns, CPA," ''Lagniappe'' [[magazine]], Vol 40, March 2015.</ref> | + | Political web sites do not indicate Burns's place of birth. He holds three degrees from [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans — Bachelor of Arts in economics in 1979, [[Master of Business Administration]] in 1980, and [[Juris Doctor]]ate in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ucsb.www.ucforcalifornia.org/bio/id/141590|title=Rep. Timothy Burns|publisher=ucforcalifornia.org|accessdate=August 28, 2011; material no longer on-line}}</ref> Burns is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in Louisiana.<ref>"Rep. Tim Burns, CPA," ''Lagniappe'' [[magazine]], Vol 40, March 2015.</ref> |
| | Burns nearly won outright the five-candidate, all-Republican nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 4, 2003. He led with 6,152 votes (46.7 percent). Susan Bonnett, with 3,534 votes (26.8 percent) ran second.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref> Bonnett withdrew from the pending [[general election]], and Burns won the seat outright. Burns was reelected without opposition in 2007. | | Burns nearly won outright the five-candidate, all-Republican nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 4, 2003. He led with 6,152 votes (46.7 percent). Susan Bonnett, with 3,534 votes (26.8 percent) ran second.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref> Bonnett withdrew from the pending [[general election]], and Burns won the seat outright. Burns was reelected without opposition in 2007. |