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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=DeWayne Christopher Burns
|image=DeWayne Burns of TX.jpg
|nationality=[[United States|American]]
|office=[[Texas]] State Representative<br>for District 58 (Johnson and Bosque counties)
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|term_start=January 13, 2015
|term_end=
|preceded=[[Rob Orr]]
|succeeded=
|birth_place= [[Corpus Christi]], Texas]]
|birth_date=June 22, 1972
|death_date=
|death_place=
|death_cause=
|resting_place=
|occupation=Property investment manager
|residence=Cleburne, Johnson County
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
|spouse=Jennifer Ormsby Burns (married 1995)
|children=Three children
|alma_mater=Cleburne High School<br>
[[Texas A&M University]]<br>
Tarleton State Universi]
|branch=}}
'''DeWayne Christopher Burns''' (born June 22, 1972) is a property investment manager and [[ranch]]er from Cleburne, [[Texas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 58 in Johnson and Bosque counties.
==Background==
Reared on a small farm in southwestern Johnson County near the Brazos River and the Bosque County line, Burns attended public schools in Cleburne and graduated in 1990 from Cleburne High School. Though he initially attended [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], he transferred to Tarleton State University in Stephenville, from which he graduated in 1994.<ref name=dewburns/>
Burns wed his wife, the former Jennifer D. Ormsby, in 1995. The couple has three children. They are members of the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Cleburne.<ref name=dewburns/>
==Civic and political life==
After college, Burns worked for the Texas Grain and Feed Association until he was hired as a legislative analyst by Republican since former State Representatives Arlene Wohlgemuth of Burleson, Texas, Gary Walker of Plains, Texas, during the 74th legislative session in 1995.<ref name=dewburns>{{cite web|url=http://www.burnsfortexas.com/about-dewayne-burns/|title=About DeWayne Burns|publisher=burnsfortexas.com|accessdate=December 6, 2014}}</ref>
[[Rick Perry]], then the elected Texas Agriculture Commissioner, who became [[governor]] late in the year 2000, added Burns to his staff. He was promoted to the position of coordinator for special issues in the department's Intergovernmental Affairs Division. Burns was a department inspector with duties over crop and seed certification, weights and measures compliance, and enforcement of pest and plant quarantine laws. These duties encompassed a ten-county jurisdiction, including Johnson and Bosque counties.<ref name=dewburns/>
Prior to joining the legislature, Burns was vice president of the trustees of the Cleburne Independent School District.. His family [[cattle]] ranch, which he still maintains in addition to his investment business, is located southwest of Cleburne. He is a former president of the [[Farm Bureau]] of Johnson County, a fire commissioner, and a member of the Johnson County Economic Development Commission.<ref name=dewburns/>
In the March 4, 2014 [[primary] to select a nominee to succeed State Representative [[Rob Orr]], who retired after ten years in the position, Philip Richard Eby (born 1984) of Clifton led a four-candidate field with 5,442 votes (40.1 percent). Burns finished in second place with 4,117 votes (30.3 percent). Two other candidates, Henry Walter Teich of Cresson, and Curtis Lyndon Laird (born 1959) of Cleburne, held the remaining but critical 29.6 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican Primary Election Returns, March 4, 2014.</ref>With Orr's endorsement, Burns then defeated Eby in the May 27 runoff election, 5,142 votes (53.4 percent) to 4,485 (46.6 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican Runoff Election returns, May 27, 2014.
In the [[general election]] on November 4, 2014, Burns prevailed in the heavily Republican district over the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Greg Allen Kauffman (born 1954) of Crowley, Texas, 26,866 votes (80.4 percent) to 6,532 (19.5 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General Election Returns, November 4, 2014|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=December 6, 2014}}</ref>
==References==
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|name=DeWayne Christopher Burns
|image=DeWayne Burns of TX.jpg
|nationality=[[United States|American]]
|office=[[Texas]] State Representative<br>for District 58 (Johnson and Bosque counties)
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|term_start=January 13, 2015
|term_end=
|preceded=[[Rob Orr]]
|succeeded=
|birth_place= [[Corpus Christi]], Texas]]
|birth_date=June 22, 1972
|death_date=
|death_place=
|death_cause=
|resting_place=
|occupation=Property investment manager
|residence=Cleburne, Johnson County
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
|spouse=Jennifer Ormsby Burns (married 1995)
|children=Three children
|alma_mater=Cleburne High School<br>
[[Texas A&M University]]<br>
Tarleton State Universi]
|branch=}}
'''DeWayne Christopher Burns''' (born June 22, 1972) is a property investment manager and [[ranch]]er from Cleburne, [[Texas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 58 in Johnson and Bosque counties.
==Background==
Reared on a small farm in southwestern Johnson County near the Brazos River and the Bosque County line, Burns attended public schools in Cleburne and graduated in 1990 from Cleburne High School. Though he initially attended [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], he transferred to Tarleton State University in Stephenville, from which he graduated in 1994.<ref name=dewburns/>
Burns wed his wife, the former Jennifer D. Ormsby, in 1995. The couple has three children. They are members of the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Cleburne.<ref name=dewburns/>
==Civic and political life==
After college, Burns worked for the Texas Grain and Feed Association until he was hired as a legislative analyst by Republican since former State Representatives Arlene Wohlgemuth of Burleson, Texas, Gary Walker of Plains, Texas, during the 74th legislative session in 1995.<ref name=dewburns>{{cite web|url=http://www.burnsfortexas.com/about-dewayne-burns/|title=About DeWayne Burns|publisher=burnsfortexas.com|accessdate=December 6, 2014}}</ref>
[[Rick Perry]], then the elected Texas Agriculture Commissioner, who became [[governor]] late in the year 2000, added Burns to his staff. He was promoted to the position of coordinator for special issues in the department's Intergovernmental Affairs Division. Burns was a department inspector with duties over crop and seed certification, weights and measures compliance, and enforcement of pest and plant quarantine laws. These duties encompassed a ten-county jurisdiction, including Johnson and Bosque counties.<ref name=dewburns/>
Prior to joining the legislature, Burns was vice president of the trustees of the Cleburne Independent School District.. His family [[cattle]] ranch, which he still maintains in addition to his investment business, is located southwest of Cleburne. He is a former president of the [[Farm Bureau]] of Johnson County, a fire commissioner, and a member of the Johnson County Economic Development Commission.<ref name=dewburns/>
In the March 4, 2014 [[primary] to select a nominee to succeed State Representative [[Rob Orr]], who retired after ten years in the position, Philip Richard Eby (born 1984) of Clifton led a four-candidate field with 5,442 votes (40.1 percent). Burns finished in second place with 4,117 votes (30.3 percent). Two other candidates, Henry Walter Teich of Cresson, and Curtis Lyndon Laird (born 1959) of Cleburne, held the remaining but critical 29.6 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican Primary Election Returns, March 4, 2014.</ref>With Orr's endorsement, Burns then defeated Eby in the May 27 runoff election, 5,142 votes (53.4 percent) to 4,485 (46.6 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican Runoff Election returns, May 27, 2014.
In the [[general election]] on November 4, 2014, Burns prevailed in the heavily Republican district over the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Greg Allen Kauffman (born 1954) of Crowley, Texas, 26,866 votes (80.4 percent) to 6,532 (19.5 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General Election Returns, November 4, 2014|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=December 6, 2014}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burns, DeWayne)}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Ranchers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]