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DeWayne Burns

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DeWayne Burns
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Texas House of Representatives District 58
Tenure

2015 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

9

Compensation

Base salary

$7,200/year

Per diem

$221/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Education

High school

Cleburne High School, 1990

Bachelor's

Tarleton State University, 1994

Personal
Religion
Christian: Baptist
Professional
Property/business investment manager
Contact

DeWayne Burns (Republican Party) is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 58. He assumed office in 2015. His current term ends on January 14, 2025.

Burns (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 58. He lost in the Republican primary runoff on May 28, 2024.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Burns was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Burns was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Burns was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Texas committee assignments, 2017
Homeland Security & Public Safety
Natural Resources
Rules & Resolutions

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Burns served on the following committees:

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: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 58

Helen Kerwin and Richard Windmann are running in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 58 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
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Helen Kerwin (R) Candidate Connection
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Richard Windmann (L) Candidate Connection

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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 58

Helen Kerwin defeated incumbent DeWayne Burns in the Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 58 on May 28, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Helen Kerwin Candidate Connection
 
57.5
 
7,685
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DeWayne Burns
 
42.5
 
5,670

Total votes: 13,355
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 58

Helen Kerwin and incumbent DeWayne Burns advanced to a runoff. They defeated Lyndon Laird in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 58 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Helen Kerwin Candidate Connection
 
48.9
 
11,535
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DeWayne Burns
 
41.2
 
9,724
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Lyndon Laird Candidate Connection
 
9.9
 
2,330

Total votes: 23,589
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 58

Richard Windmann advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 58 on March 23, 2024.

Candidate
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Campaign finance

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2022

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

The general election was canceled. Incumbent DeWayne Burns won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 58.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 58

Incumbent DeWayne Burns advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 58 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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DeWayne Burns
 
100.0
 
15,323

Total votes: 15,323
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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 58

Incumbent DeWayne Burns defeated Cindy Rocha in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 58 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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DeWayne Burns (R)
 
79.0
 
62,176
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Cindy Rocha (D)
 
21.0
 
16,489

Total votes: 78,665
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 58

Cindy Rocha advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 58 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Cindy Rocha
 
100.0
 
5,292

Total votes: 5,292
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 58

Incumbent DeWayne Burns advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 58 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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DeWayne Burns
 
100.0
 
18,515

Total votes: 18,515
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Campaign finance


2018

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 58

Incumbent DeWayne Burns won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 58 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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DeWayne Burns (R)
 
100.0
 
49,255

Total votes: 49,255
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 58

Incumbent DeWayne Burns advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 58 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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DeWayne Burns
 
100.0
 
12,614

Total votes: 12,614
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2016

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.[1]

Incumbent DeWayne Burns ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 58 general election.[2]

Texas House of Representatives, District 58 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png DeWayne Burns Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 54,149
Total Votes 54,149
Source: Texas Secretary of State



Incumbent DeWayne Burns defeated Philip Eby in the Texas House of Representatives District 58 Republican Primary.[3][4]

Texas House of Representatives, District 58 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png DeWayne Burns Incumbent 53.64% 14,188
     Republican Philip Eby 46.36% 12,264
Total Votes 26,452

Endorsements

In 2016, Burns' endorsements included the following:[5]

  • Johnson County Sheriff Bob Alford
  • Former Representative Rob Orr
  • House Republican Caucus Chairman Tan Parker
  • State Representative Pat Fallon
  • State Representative Drew Springer

  • State Representative Giovanni Capriglione
  • Texas State Association of Fire Fighters
  • Burleson Professional Firefighters Association
  • Cleburne Firefighters Association

Texas State Rifle Association PAC

2014

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 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. Greg Allen Kauffman was unopposed in the Democratic primary. DeWayne Burns and Philip Eby defeated Lyndon Laird and Henry Teich in the Republican primary. Burns defeated Eby in the May 27 Republican runoff. Jesse Pistokache, Jr. (L) was removed from the ballot before the election. Kauffman was defeated by Burns in the general election.[6][7][8][9]

Texas House of Representatives, District 58 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDeWayne Burns Incumbent 80.4% 26,866
     Democratic Greg Allen Kauffman 19.6% 6,532
Total Votes 33,398

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

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2014

Burns' website highlighted the following campaign themes:[10]

Stop Obamacare

  • Excerpt: "As our next Representative, DeWayne will fight any and all healthcare directives the federal government attempts to impose on Texans."

Create Jobs and Grow the Economy

  • Excerpt: "DeWayne will focus his energies on reducing the size of government and regulation on private business, so they can expand, create jobs and grow the economy so that Texas continues to be the model for economic growth for the rest of the country."

Protect Private Property Rights

  • Excerpt: "DeWayne will oppose eminent domain abuse and excessive property taxes that threaten our ability to own and use our land as we see fit."

Provide a World-Class Education to Our Children

  • Excerpt: "As a school board member and long-time advocate for our local public schools, DeWayne is committed to providing every child in Texas with a world-class education. He knows in order to do that we must keep local education decisions local in order to best equip the next generation for the challenges they will face in adulthood."

Protect Our 2nd Amendment Rights

  • Excerpt: "DeWayne is committed to protecting all of our constitutional rights, particularly our right to keep and bear arms."

Defend Life

  • Excerpt: "DeWayne believes that life begins at conception and he will make it one of his highest priorities to defend the unborn."

Stop Illegal Immigration and Provide Border Security

  • Excerpt: "DeWayne will work with law enforcement to ensure that the resources are available to them to combat illegal immigration and keep our communities safe."

Campaign finance summary


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DeWayne Burns campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Texas House of Representatives District 58Lost primary runoff$2,176,056 $1,434,678
2022Texas House of Representatives District 58Won general$255,649 $126,538
2020Texas House of Representatives District 58Won general$167,578 N/A**
2018Texas House of Representatives District 58Won general$185,106 N/A**
2014Texas House of Representatives, District 58Won $264,223 N/A**
Grand total$3,048,612 $1,561,215
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only availabale data.

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