She served alongside Bob Burns, who is no relation. I said they need to make sense." She also called for a "reasonable balance" between economic growth and conserving the state's natural resources. Burns clarified: "I never said we don't need rules and regulations. During her tenure in the legislature, she had fought for limited regulations and remarked that some of her friends found it funny that she had been elected to the regulatory body. Burns said that she wanted to work with the legislature, which had previously proposed legislation that would have stripped many of the powers from the Commission. īurns was sworn in on January 3, 2011, succeeding term-limited Republican Kris Mayes. In the general election, Burns received 862,546 votes (29.09%), just ahead of Pierce, who was re-elected in second place with 833,541 votes (28.11%). Wong, who served temporarily on the Commission in 2006, campaigned on using the Commission to cut off the electricity, natural gas, water and telephone lines to the homes of illegal immigrants. Burns and Pierce supported each other and campaigned against the controversial Wong. In the Republican primary, she received 300,698 votes (36.89%), behind incumbent Commissioner Gary Pierce's 323,751 (39.72%) and ahead of former Commissioner Barry Wong's 190,576 (23.38%).
īurns ran for the Corporation Commission in 2010, for one of the two seats to which the top two finishers on the ballot are elected. She was the first woman to ever serve in either leadership position. Burns then served in the Arizona Senate from 1995 to 2003, also serving as Senate President from 1997 to 2003. She served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995, also serving as Majority Leader from 1993 to 1995. īefore entering politics, Burns worked as a real estate agent and helped run a family business. Elected in 2010, she was eligible to run for re-election to a second term in 2014 but chose not to do so.
Brenda Burns (born Novem) is an American politician, real estate agent and member of the Republican Party from the state of Arizona who served as a member of the Arizona Corporation Commission from 2011 to 2015.
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