Mike Burns

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Mike Burns
Republican Party
Candidate, South Carolina House of Representatives District 17
South Carolina House of Representatives District 17
Tenure
2013 - Present
Term ends
2026
Years in position
13
Compensation
Base salary
$10,400/year
Per diem
$240.07/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Next election
November 3, 2026
Education
Bachelor's
University of South Carolina, 1974
Personal
Profession
Business
Contact
Official website
Campaign Facebook

Mike Burns (Republican Party) is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 17. He assumed office on March 12, 2013. His current term ends on November 9, 2026.

Burns (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the South Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 17. The Republican primary for this office on June 9, 2026, was canceled.

Biography

Burns earned a B.S. from the University of South Carolina in 1974. He is a businessman.[1]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Burns was assigned to the following committees:

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:

South Carolina committee assignments, 2017
• Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Environmental Affairs
• Regulations and Administrative Procedures

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

2026

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2026

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

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General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17

Incumbent Mike Burns (R) and Rich Nicoloff (D) are running in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 on November 3, 2026.

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Rich Nicoloff (D)

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Democratic primary

The Democratic primary scheduled for June 9, 2026, was canceled. Rich Nicoloff (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 without appearing on the ballot.

Republican primary

The Republican primary scheduled for June 9, 2026, was canceled. Incumbent Mike Burns (R) advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 without appearing on the ballot.

Campaign finance

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2024

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17

Incumbent Mike Burns won election in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Mike Burns (R)
 
99.1
 
20,070
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
190

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 20,260
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17

Incumbent Mike Burns defeated Tom Bates in the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 on June 11, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Mike Burns
 
69.9
 
4,165
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Tom Bates
 
30.1
 
1,794

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Total votes: 5,959
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Endorsements

Burns received the following endorsements.

2022

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17

Incumbent Mike Burns won election in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mike Burns
Mike Burns (R)
 
98.4
 
14,127
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.6
 
234

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 14,361
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Mike Burns advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17.

2020

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17

Incumbent Mike Burns won election in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Mike Burns (R)
 
98.0
 
19,269
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.0
 
397

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 19,666
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Mike Burns advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17.

2018

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17

Incumbent Mike Burns defeated Judi Buckley in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Mike Burns (R)
 
76.0
 
11,598
Image of Judi Buckley
Judi Buckley (D)
 
23.9
 
3,641
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
15

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Total votes: 15,254
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17

Judi Buckley advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 on June 12, 2018.

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Judi Buckley

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17

Incumbent Mike Burns defeated Lee Vining in the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 on June 12, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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85.0
 
4,007
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Lee Vining
 
15.0
 
706

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Total votes: 4,713
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2016

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the South Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The primary runoff election was held on June 28, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 30, 2016.

Incumbent Mike Burns ran unopposed in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 general election.[2][3]

South Carolina House of Representatives, District 17 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Mike Burns Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 15,681
Total Votes 15,681
Source: South Carolina State Election Commission



Incumbent Mike Burns ran unopposed in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 17 Republican primary.[4][5]

South Carolina House of Representatives, District 17 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Mike Burns Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for all 124 seats in the South Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 30, 2014. Incumbent Mike Burns defeated Joshua Cook in the Republican primary. Burns was unchallenged in the general election.[6][7][8]

South Carolina House of Representatives, District 17 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMike Burns Incumbent 80.4% 2,965
Joshua Cook 19.6% 725
Total Votes 3,690

2013

See also: State legislative special elections, 2013

Burns won a special election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 17. The seat was vacant following Tom Corbin's (R) resignation on November 12, 2012, after he won election to both the House and the state Senate on November 6. Burns faced Roy Harmon, Tom Kolarik, Chris Sullivan and Randall Young in the Republican primary on January 11, 2013. Burns missed winning outright by one vote and went to a runoff with Chris Sullivan, which Burns won. Since no write-in Democrat filed to run by February 21, Burns was declared the winner on March 12.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

South Carolina House of Representatives, District 17, Special Election, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMike Burns 100% 805
Total Votes 805

Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary

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Mike Burns campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024South Carolina House of Representatives District 17Won general$16,005 $18,165
2022South Carolina House of Representatives District 17Won general$18,350 $7,641
2020South Carolina House of Representatives District 17Won general$4,627 N/A**
2018South Carolina House of Representatives District 17Won general$17,531 N/A**
2016South Carolina House of Representatives, District 17Won $8,300 N/A**
2014South Carolina State House, District 17Won $14,900 N/A**
2013South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2013Won $12,630 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Personal

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Burns and his wife, Anne Marie Park, have four children, Matthew, Kristin, Rhett and Katherine.[1]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 South Carolina Legislature Online, "Representative James Mikell "Mike" Burns," accessed September 10, 2013
    2. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Candidate listing for the 11/8/2016 statewide general election," accessed August 26, 2016
    3. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2016 Statewide General Election," accessed November 28, 2016
    4. ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "Candidate Tracking," accessed March 31, 2016
    5. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 14, 2016
    6. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Election Results," accessed June 10, 2014
    7. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Official general election results," accessed November 13, 2014
    8. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2014 Election Information," accessed March 31, 2014
    9. ↑ The Travelers Rest Tribune, "Upstate businessman to run for recently vacated S.C. House District 17 seat," November 14, 2012 (dead link)
    10. ↑ Taylors-Wade Hampton Patch, "Businessman Announces Bid For Vacated S.C. House Seat," November 15, 2012
    11. ↑ Travelers Rest Tribune, "Burns wins S.C. House District 17 Republican runoff," February 5, 2013 (dead link)
    12. ↑ GreenvilleOnline.com, "Burns to fill House District 17 seat," March 12, 2013
    13. ↑ scvotes.org, "Official Republican primary results," accessed November 18, 2013
    14. ↑ scvotes.org, "Official Republican runoff results," accessed November 18, 2013
    15. ↑ scvotes.org, "Official special election results," accessed November 18, 2013

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