Robert Burns (born May 26, 1938) is a

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from

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. He is a former member of the

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. Prior to that, he served in the

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, where in his final term, he was also elected as the President of the Senate. Before that he served six terms in the

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Career

Robert Burns was a member of the

and the

. He was elected to the House in 1988, and serve in that body from January 1989 through January 2001, winning re-election five times. He did not run in the November 2010 election. In the 2002 election he ran for the Senate in District 9, which was new due to redistricting, and won. He won re-election to the seat three times and served in the Senate from January 2003 through January 2011. During his last term in the Senate he was also elected as the President of the Senate. Due to Arizona's term limits, he was unable to run again for the Senate in the November 2010 election. In 2012 he ran for the

, and won. He won re-election to the Commission in the 2016, and is an incumbent on the Commission. Burns played a key role in the development of the Arizona Telemedicine Council, initiating the legislation that created it, and serving as the first co-chairman of the council."Arizona Telemedicine Program – Background"
, Retrieved on 2011-9-27.

References

External links

Senator Bob Burns
''Official Arizona Senate page''
Profile
at

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