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      • Richard Burr Party
      • Party

        Republican
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      • Current Office

        U.S. Senate
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      • First Elected

        11/2/2004
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      • Next Election

        2016
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        2.89%
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      • Votes with Party

        91.38%
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      Federal Building, 151 Patton Avenue, Suite 204 Asheville, NC

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    • Richard Mauze Burr (born November 30, 1955) is the senior American United States Senator from North Carolina and has served since 2005. A member of the Republican Party, Burr previously represented North Carolina's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2005.
      As Senator, Burr's tenure so far, espousing most of the positions held by the vast majority of his fellow Republicans, from general support for President George W. Bush's actions in Iraq to abortion opposition. Strikingly, however, he voted to repeal the military's standing Don't ask Don't tell policy. In 2011, he announced his intention to seek the post of minority whip, the number two Rep...
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Date Born

BORN

11/30/1955

Official Birthplace

BIRTHPLACE

Charlottesville, VA

Home City

HOME CITY

Winston-Salem, NC

Religion

Religion

  Methodist

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sales Manager, Carswell Distributing Company, 1977-1994

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

Senator, United States Senate, 2005-present Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1994-2004 Candidate, United States House of Representatives, 1992 House Republican Assistant Whip

EDUCATION

BA, Wake Forest University, 1978

FAMILY

Wife: Brooke; Children: Tyler, William

COMMITTEES JOINED
  • Sen. Richard Burr

    Subcommittee on Energy, Member, Subcommittee on National Parks, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Children and Families, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, Member, Select Committee on Intelligence, Member, Committee on Finance, Member, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Member, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Ranking Member,