Lon Burnam
Lon Burnam is a former Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 90 from 1997 to 2015.
He ran for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission in 2016, but was defeated in the primary election.[1]
Biography
Burnam earned his B.S. in Government from the University of Texas at Austin and his M.S. in City and Regional Planning from the University of Texas at Arlington. His professional experience includes serving as Executive Director of the Dallas Peace Center and working as a City Planner - Community Organizing-Revitalization and Special Assistant to Regional Administrator for the Texas Department of Human Services.
Burnam is a member of Citizens for Curbside Recycling, I CARE, Texas Citizen Action, and Texas Citizens for the Environment.[2]
Committee assignments
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Burnam served on the following committees:
| Texas committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Criminal Jurisprudence |
| • Energy Resources |
2011-2012
During the 2011-2012 legislative session, Burnam served on the following Texas House of Representatives committees:
| Texas committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Environmental Regulation |
| • Homeland Security & Public Safety |
2009-2010
During the 2009-2010 legislative session, Burnam served on the following Texas House of Representatives committees:
| Texas committee assignments, 2009 |
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| • Environmental Regulation |
| • Public Safety |
Issues
Sponsored legislation
- HB 792 - Relating to the labeling of products that contain bisphenol-A.
- HB 977 - Relating to use of the money from the Texas enterprise fund to promote renewable energy technology.
- HB 1436 - Relating to depositing revenue received by this state from undocumented immigrants to the indigent emergency medical services and preventative health care reimbursement fund.
- HB 1646 - Relating to electric utility energy efficiency goals and programs and demand reduction targets; creating an office of energy efficiency deployment in the state energy conservation office.[3]
Elections
2016
- Main article: Texas Railroad Commission election, 2016
Burnam filed to run as an Democratic candidate in the 2016 election for the Texas Railroad Commission.[1] He was defeated by Grady Yarbrough and Cody Garrett in the May 10 Democratic primary election.
| Texas Railroad Commission, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
 Grady Yarbrough |
39.9% | 434,532 | ||
| Cody Garrett |
35.2% | 383,121 | ||
| Lon Burnam | 24.8% | 270,323 | ||
| Total Votes | 1,087,976 | |||
| Election results via Texas Secretary of State. | ||||
2014
Elections for all 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 4, 2014. Those candidates who did not receive 50 percent or more of the vote in their party primary on March 4 faced an additional May 27 primary runoff. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was December 9, 2013. Ramon Romero, Jr. defeated incumbent Lon Burnam in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[4][5][6]
2012
Burnam ran in the 2012 election for Texas House of Representatives, District 90. Burnam defeated Carlos Vasquez in the May 29 primary election and was unchallenged in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[7]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Lon Burnam Incumbent |
52% | 2,073 |
| Carlos Vasquez | 48% | 1,914 |
| Total Votes | 3,987 | |
2010
Burnam won re-election in District 90 in 2010. He was unopposed in the March 2 Democratic primary and defeated Republican Larry Keilberg in the November 2 general election.[7]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 90 2010 General election results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Lon Burnam (R)
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7,759 | 65.31% | ||
| Larry Keilberg (D) | 4,120 | 34.68% | ||
2008
On November 4, 2008, Burnam won re-election to the Texas House of Representatives from Texas' 90th District, defeating Larry Keilberg (R). Burn received 16,984 votes in the election while Keilberg received 7,180 votes.[7] Burnam raised $140,929 for his campaign.[8]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 90 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Lon Burnam (D)
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16,984 | 70.28% | ||
| Larry Keilberg (R) | 7,180 | 29.71% | ||
2006
On November 4, 2006, Burnam won re-election to the Texas House of Representatives from Texas' 90th District, defeating Rod Wingo (L).[7]
Burnam raised $121,453 for his campaign while Wingo raised $0.[9]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 90 (2006) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Lon Burnam (D)
|
9,650 | |||
| Rod Lingo (L) | 1,515 | |||
2004
On November 4, 2004, Burnam won re-election to the Texas House of Representatives from Texas' 90th District, defeating Larry Keilberg (R).[7]
Burnam raised $170,930 for his campaign while Keilberg raised $4,925.[10]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 90 (2004) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Lon Burnam (D)
|
14,841 | |||
| Larry Keilberg (R) | 7,913 | |||
2002
On November 4, 2002, Burnam won re-election to the Texas House of Representatives from Texas' 90th District, defeating Larry Keilberg (R).[7]
Burnam raised $127,926 for his campaign while Keilberg raised $18,465.[11]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 90 (2002) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Lon Burnam (D)
|
11,731 | |||
| Larry Keilberg (R) | 4,511 | |||
2000
On November 4, 2000, Burnam won re-election to the Texas House of Representatives from Texas' 90th District, unopposed.[7]
Burnam raised $81,249 for his campaign.[12]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 90 (2000) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Lon Burnam (D)
|
15,531 | |||
1998
On November 4, 1998, Burnam won re-election to the Texas House of Representatives from Texas' 90th District, unopposed.[7]
Burnam raised $96,811 for his campaign.[13]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 90 (1998) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Lon Burnam (D)
|
8,990 | |||
1996
On November 4, 1996, Burnam won election to the Texas House of Representatives from Texas' 90th District, unopposed.[7]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 90 (1996) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Lon Burnam (D)
|
16,015 | |||
Campaign themes
2014
Burnam issued the following statement highlighting his campaign themes to the Star-Telegram:[14]
"I will continue to push for better funding for our public schools and better healthcare for our people. Our top priorities as a state should be restoring the education funding cuts the Republicans pushed through in 2011, and in accepting the federal Medicaid expansion money that will immediately insure more than a million Texans, including 56,000 here in Tarrant County. I will also continue to add to the more than 15 healthcare workshops I have held in my district - half in English and half in Spanish - to help enroll people in health insurance. A healthy, educated people are a thriving people."
Campaign finance summary
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2014
In 2014, the Texas State Legislature did not hold a regular session.
2013
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In 2013, the Texas State Legislature was in its 83rd legislative session from January 8 through May 27. Thirty minutes after the regular session ended, Governor Rick Perry called legislators back for a special session starting that evening.[15] Two additional called sessions were held from July 1 through July 30 and July 30 through August 5.[16]
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2012
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2011
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In 2011, the Texas State Legislature was in its 82nd legislative session from January 11 through May 30. A special session was called for May 31 through June 29.[16]
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Mark Jones Partisan Index
Mark P. Jones is the Chair of the Department of Political Science at Rice University. He builds a ranking of Texas state representatives each year based on their votes from the previous session. Jones then ranks legislators based on how liberal and conservative they are according to legislative history.
2011
- Burnam ranked as the most liberal representative during the 2011 session.
- Burnam received a Lib-Con score of -1.10 and was classified as "More Liberal than 2/3 of Democrats." The only other legislator in this category was Roland Gutierrez.
- The most conservative representative in the index is Ken Paxton, with a Lib-Con score of 0.84.[17]
Recent news
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See also
- Texas State Legislature
- Texas House of Representatives
- Texas House of Representatives Committees
- Texas Joint Committees
- Texas state legislative districts
External links
- Official campaign website
- Profile from Open States
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Texas State Ethics Filings
- Follow The Money, Campaign Contributions: 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998
- Profile from Freedom Speaks (Archive)
- Profile from Texas State Directory
- Texas Political Almanac HD 90
- Biography from Texas Tribune
- Profile from Vote-TX.org
- Profile from State Surge
- Profile from the Mexican American Legislative Caucus
- Lon Burnam on Facebook
- Lon Burnam on Twitter
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 25, 2016
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed May 24, 201
- ↑ Texas Legislature, "Bills Authored/Joint Authored by Rep. Burnam," accessed May 24, 2014
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current ELECTION HISTORY," accessed December 2, 2014
- ↑ The Libertarian Party of Texas, "2014 Texas Representative Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Green Party of Texas, "Greens Release Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History," accessed February 17, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "2008 Candidate funds," accessed May 24, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "2006 Candidate funds," accessed May 24, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "2004 Candidate funds," accessed May 24, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "2002 Candidate funds," accessed May 24, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "2000 Candidate funds," accessed May 24, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "1998 Candidate funds," accessed May 24, 2014
- ↑ Star-Telegram, "2014 primary voters guide: Texas legislative races on the ballot in Tarrant County," February 18, 2014
- ↑ kten.com, "Texas Lawmakers To Tackle Redistricting In Special Session," May 29, 2013
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Legislative reference Library of Texas, "Texas Legislative Sessions and Years," accessed June 13, 2014
- ↑ Texas Tribune, "How Partisan are Texas House Members?" July 8, 2011
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| Preceded by ' |
Texas House District 90 1997–2015 |
Succeeded by Ramon Romero, Jr. (D) |
