Career
Burns worked on the Congressional Staff of United States. Congressman Richard Gephardt from 1995-1999 and the Senatorial Staff of United States. Senator Claire McCaskill from 2007-2010. He was inducted into the Affton School District Hall of Fame in 2010. Burns first ran for the Missouri House of Representatives in 2006, seeking the House District 85 seat, but was unsuccessful.
Redistricted to District 93 in 2012, he defeated fellow Democrat Joe Montecillo by earning 59-percent of the votes cast.
He faced Republican Tony Leech in the November 6, 2012 General election, winning with nearly 65 percent of the vote. In the 2012 November general election, Burns faced Republican Tony Leech, winning by over 4,000 votes to earn his first term in the legislature.
In the 2014 November general election, Burns faced Republican Garrett Mees, with broad voter support, he claimed his second term in the legislature.
