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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>

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]] for state representative 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.​

After the election of Republican [[Bobby Jindal]] as [[governor]] in 2007, Burns soon entered the [[special election]] called to fill Jindal's term in Louisiana's 1st congressional district. His principal rival was newly elected state Senator [[Steve Scalise]] of Jefferson Parish. Burns accused Scalise of having used push polling to mislead voters in their congressional race. Under this system, a campaign contacts voters by telephone and asks probing questions which leave a negative impression of an opposing candidate. Scalise defended his poll from criticism by Burns: "We were running a public opinion survey this week conducted by the largest Republican polling firm in the country, Public Opinion Strategies. . . . conducted with a sample of 300 people, and it shows Scalise at 57 percent, Burns at 26 percent and undecided at 17 percent. The margin of error is 5.6 percent. We ran a fact-based public opinion survey, not a push poll."<ref>"Scalise defends integrity of GOP runoff survey," ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' undated and no longer accessible on line.</ref>  

After the election of Republican [[Bobby Jindal]] as [[governor]] in 2007, Burns soon entered the [[special election]] called to fill Jindal's term in Louisiana's 1st congressional district. His principal rival was newly elected state Senator [[Steve Scalise]] of Jefferson Parish. Burns accused Scalise of having used push polling to mislead voters in their congressional race. Under this system, a campaign contacts voters by telephone and asks probing questions which leave a negative impression of an opposing candidate. Scalise defended his poll from criticism by Burns: "We were running a public opinion survey this week conducted by the largest Republican polling firm in the country, Public Opinion Strategies. . . . conducted with a sample of 300 people, and it shows Scalise at 57 percent, Burns at 26 percent and undecided at 17 percent. The margin of error is 5.6 percent. We ran a fact-based public opinion survey, not a push poll."<ref>"Scalise defends integrity of GOP runoff survey," ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' undated and no longer accessible on line.</ref>