# Jon Burns

Jon Burns is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 159.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 159
- Serving since: 2005-01-10
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/64012657-d026-411c-9525-3232524a5145

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/64012657-d026-411c-9525-3232524a5145 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

40% of Burns’s statements claim credit, 3.2 times the State House Republican average of 13%.

## What Burns says (GA 2025–26 session)

332 classified statements: 332 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Burns | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 2.7% | 9.3% | 564 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 58.7% | 31.9% | 53 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.6% | 1.8% | 130 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 40.4% | 12.7% | 16 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.3% | 1.4% | 416 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 23% (State House Republicans 15%); Health 13% (State House Republicans 10%); Emergency Management 12% (State House Republicans 2.8%); Agriculture and Food 10% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Taxation 10% (State House Republicans 8.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.49 (standard error 0.02), from 415 donors and 747 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 73% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

2,762 roll calls. Attendance 48% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 98.7% (97.2%). 11 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-23 · voted not voting · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/
- 2026-06-23 · voted not voting · PASSAGE · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/
- 2026-06-23 · voted not voting · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/
- 2026-06-23 · voted not voting · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/
- 2026-06-22 · voted not voting · Local Calendar · HB 61 Twiggs County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB61/
- 2026-06-22 · voted not voting · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/
- 2026-06-22 · voted not voting · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/
- 2026-06-20 · voted not voting · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/
- 2026-06-20 · voted not voting · Local Calendar · HB 61 Twiggs County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB61/
- 2026-04-03 · voted yea · Senate Vote #987 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 295 Local government; procedures for real property owners to make claims for compensation for loss of property value or expenses incurred; provisions · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB295/

## Legislation (GA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 96 bills: 81 reached committee, 80 passed one chamber, 20 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 0. 83.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 11 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 52: Derbecker, Ava Olivia; Faris Vincent Derbecker; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HR52/
- HB 37: Effingham County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB37/
- HR 2096: Donatucci family; unwavering support, dedication, and sacrifice in devotion to public service; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2096/
- HR 2125: Glisson, Dorothy; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2125/
- HR 1979: Hyland, Donna W.; retirement from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1979/
- HR 1871: House interns; 2026 regular session of the General Assembly of Georgia; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1871/
- HR 1877: Johnson, Aaron; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1877/
- HR 1875: Bergosh, Alexander; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1875/
- HR 1872: House session assistants; 2026 regular session of the General Assembly of Georgia; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1872/
- HR 1876: Ionescu. Andre; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1876/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $445.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 94% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/jonburnsga/status/2114756245487849837
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jonburnsga/status/2114814043324101105
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/jonburnsga/status/2114079443459404136
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jonburnsga/status/2110340170062893497
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jonburnsga/status/2108279699881480423
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jonburnsga/status/2107954290551595485
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jonburnsga/status/2107474772992934021
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/jonburnsga/status/2107599569894699446
- 2026-10-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jonburnsga/status/2107146381777358943
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/jonburnsga/status/2106046609654010116

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/73?session=1031
- Campaign site: https://www.friendsofjonburns.com/
- X: https://x.com/jonburnsga
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JonBurnsGA
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonburnsga/?__d=1

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/64012657-d026-411c-9525-3232524a5145