DeWayne Christopher Burns | |
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Texas State Representative from District 58 (Johnson and Bosque counties) | |
Assumed office January 13, 2015 |
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Preceded by | Rob Orr |
Personal details | |
Born | 1972 Corpus Christi, Texas |
Nationality | American |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Jennifer Ormsby Burns (married 1995) |
Children | Three children |
Residence |
Cleburne, Johnson County Texas, USA |
Alma mater |
Cleburne High School |
Occupation | Property investment manager |
Religion | Southern Baptist |
Cleburne High School
Texas A&M University
DeWayne Christopher Burns (born 1972) is a property investment manager and rancher from Cleburne, Texas, who is a member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 58 in Johnson and Bosque counties.
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, he transferred to Tarleton State University in Stephenville, from which he graduated in 1994.
Burns and his wife, the former Jennifer D. Ormsby, wed in 1995. They have three children. They are members of the First Baptist Church of Cleburne.
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 and Gary Walker of Plains during the 74th legislative session in 1995.
Rick Perry, then the elected Texas Agriculture Commissioner, 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.