Timothy Burns (Louisiana politician)
| Timothy Gerard "Tim" Burns | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for District 89 (St. Tammany Parish) |
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In office 2004–2016 |
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| Preceded by | Mitch Landrieu (then Orleans Parish) |
| Succeeded by | Reid Falconer |
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| Born | April 1, 1957 |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Single |
| Residence |
Mandeville St. Tammany Parish Louisiana |
| Alma mater | Tulane University |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Timothy Gerard Burns (born April 1, 1957), also known as Tim Burns, is a tax attorney from Mandeville, Louisiana, who is a Republican former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 89 in St. Tammany Parish.
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 in 1983. Burns is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in Louisiana.
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 votres (26.8 percent) ran second. 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. 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."
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