Henry Burns
| Henry Lee Burns | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for District 9 (Bossier Parish) |
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In office January 14, 2008 – January 11, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Billy Montgomery |
| Succeeded by | Dodie Horton |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 2, 1947 Shongaloo Webster Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Political party | Democrat- turned-Republican (2006) |
| Spouse(s) | Lynette Morrand Burns |
| Children |
Including: |
| Parents | A. J., Sr., and Mildred O'Bier Burns |
| Residence | Haughton, Bossier Parish |
| Alma mater |
Shongaloo High School |
| Occupation | Bakery owner; Horse breeder |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
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(1) In addition to his work as a Louisiana state representative, Burns operates the Wooden Spoon bakery in Bossier City and is a thoroughbred owner and breeder. (2) Burns has an educational background and served for fifteen years as a Democrat on the Bossier Parish School Board. (3) Burns switched to the Republican Party to run for the legislature and emerged victorious in the 2007 nonpartisan blanket primary by only eighty-seven votes. |
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Including:
Shongaloo High School
Northwestern State University
(1) In addition to his work as a Louisiana state representative, Burns operates the Wooden Spoon bakery in Bossier City and is a thoroughbred owner and breeder.
(2) Burns has an educational background and served for fifteen years as a Democrat on the Bossier Parish School Board.
Henry Lee Burns (born March 2, 1947) is a Republican former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 9 in Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana. He owns and operates the Wooden Spoon bakery in Bossier City and is a thoroughbred owner and breeder.
Burns ran in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 24, 2015, for the District 36 seat in the Louisiana State Senate being vacated by the term-limited Republican Robert R. Adley. Burns carries the backing of both the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry and the state AFL-CIO. In the November 21 runoff election, he was defeated by 326 votes by fellow Republican Ryan Gatti, a lawyer from Bossier City, 14,023 votes (50.6 percent) to 13,698 (49.4 percent). Burns lost his native Webster Parish by 557 votes.
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