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Mike Burns
2013 - Present
2026
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Mike Burns (Republican Party) is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 17. He assumed office on March 12, 2013. His current term ends on November 9, 2026.
Burns (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the South Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 17. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Burns earned a B.S. from the University of South Carolina in 1974. He is a businessman.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Burns was assigned to the following committees:
- Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee
- Regulations and Administrative Procedures Committee
2021-2022
Burns was assigned to the following committees:
- Regulations and Administrative Procedures Committee
- Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee, Secretary
2019-2020
Burns was assigned to the following committees:
- Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee
- Regulations and Administrative Procedures Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| South Carolina committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Environmental Affairs |
| • Regulations and Administrative Procedures |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Burns served on the following committees:
| South Carolina committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2024
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17
Incumbent Mike Burns won election in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Burns (R) | 99.1 | 20,070 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 190 | ||
| Total votes: 20,260 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17
Incumbent Mike Burns defeated Tom Bates in the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Burns | 69.9 | 4,165 |
| Tom Bates | 30.1 | 1,794 | ||
| Total votes: 5,959 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Burns received the following endorsements.
- Frmr. President Donald Trump (R)
2022
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17
Incumbent Mike Burns won election in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Burns (R) | 98.4 | 14,127 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.6 | 234 | ||
| Total votes: 14,361 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Mike Burns advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17.
2020
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17
Incumbent Mike Burns won election in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Burns (R) | 98.0 | 19,269 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.0 | 397 | ||
| Total votes: 19,666 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Mike Burns advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17.
2018
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17
Incumbent Mike Burns defeated Judi Buckley in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Burns (R) | 76.0 | 11,598 |
 | Judi Buckley (D) | 23.9 | 3,641 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 15 | ||
| Total votes: 15,254 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17
Judi Buckley advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Judi Buckley |
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17
Incumbent Mike Burns defeated Lee Vining in the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Burns | 85.0 | 4,007 |
| Lee Vining | 15.0 | 706 | ||
| Total votes: 4,713 | |||
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2016
Elections for the South Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The primary runoff election was held on June 28, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 30, 2016.
Incumbent Mike Burns ran unopposed in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 general election.[2][3]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 17 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Mike Burns Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 15,681 | |
| Total Votes | 15,681 | |||
| Source: South Carolina State Election Commission | ||||
Incumbent Mike Burns ran unopposed in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 Republican primary.[4][5]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 17 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Mike Burns Incumbent (unopposed) | |
2014
Elections for all 124 seats in the South Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 30, 2014. Incumbent Mike Burns defeated Joshua Cook in the Republican primary. Burns was unchallenged in the general election.[6][7][8]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Mike Burns Incumbent |
80.4% | 2,965 |
| Joshua Cook | 19.6% | 725 |
| Total Votes | 3,690 | |
2013
Burns won a special election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17. The seat was vacant following Tom Corbin's (R) resignation on November 12, 2012, after he won election to both the House and the state Senate on November 6. Burns faced Roy Harmon, Tom Kolarik, Chris Sullivan and Randall Young in the Republican primary on January 11, 2013. Burns missed winning outright by one vote and went to a runoff with Chris Sullivan, which Burns won. Since no write-in Democrat filed to run by February 21, Burns was declared the winner on March 12.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 17, Special Election, 2013 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Mike Burns |
100% | 805 | |
| Total Votes | 805 | |||
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 17 Runoff Republican Primary, 2013 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Mike Burns |
55% | 1,385 |
| Chris Sullivan | 45% | 1,134 |
| Total Votes | 2,519 | |
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 17 Republican Primary, 2013 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Mike Burns |
50% | 1,117 |
| Chris Sullivan |
39.2% | 876 |
| Roy Harmon | 6.4% | 143 |
| Tom Kolarik | 3.4% | 75 |
| Randall Young | 1.1% | 24 |
| Total Votes | 2,235 | |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Mike Burns did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Mike Burns did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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2024
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In 2024, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 9 to May 9.
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2023
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In 2023, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 11.
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2022
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In 2022, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 11 to May 12.
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2021
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In 2021, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 12 to May 13.
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2020
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In 2020, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 14 to June 25. The state Senate reconvened September to September 3. Both chambers reconvened September 15 to September 24.
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2019
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In 2019, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 8 through May 21.
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2018
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In 2018, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 9 through May 10.
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2017
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In 2017, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 10 through May 11.
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2016
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In 2016, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 12 through June 2.
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2015
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In 2015, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 13 through June 4.
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2014
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In 2014, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 14 through June 6.
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2013
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In 2013, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 8 to June 20.
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Personal
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Burns and his wife, Anne Marie Park, have four children, Matthew, Kristin, Rhett and Katherine.[1]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 |
Officeholder South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 South Carolina Legislature Online, "Representative James Mikell "Mike" Burns," accessed September 10, 2013
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Candidate listing for the 11/8/2016 statewide general election," accessed August 26, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2016 Statewide General Election," accessed November 28, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "Candidate Tracking," accessed March 31, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 14, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Election Results," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Official general election results," accessed November 13, 2014
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2014 Election Information," accessed March 31, 2014
- ↑ The Travelers Rest Tribune, "Upstate businessman to run for recently vacated S.C. House District 17 seat," November 14, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ Taylors-Wade Hampton Patch, "Businessman Announces Bid For Vacated S.C. House Seat," November 15, 2012
- ↑ Travelers Rest Tribune, "Burns wins S.C. House District 17 Republican runoff," February 5, 2013 (dead link)
- ↑ GreenvilleOnline.com, "Burns to fill House District 17 seat," March 12, 2013
- ↑ scvotes.org, "Official Republican primary results," accessed November 18, 2013
- ↑ scvotes.org, "Official Republican runoff results," accessed November 18, 2013
- ↑ scvotes.org, "Official special election results," accessed November 18, 2013
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South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 2013-Present |
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