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Dean Burke

Republican Party

Prior offices:

Georgia State Senate District 11

Years in office: 2013 - 2022

Successor:Sam Watson (R)

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

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Dean Burke (Republican Party) was a member of theGeorgia State Senate, representingDistrict 11. He assumed office on January 14, 2013. He left office on December 30, 2022.

Burke (Republican Party) ran for re-election to theGeorgia State Senate to representDistrict 11. He won in the general election onNovember 8, 2022.

Burke resigned from the state Senate on December 30, 2022, to become chief medical officer at the Georgia Department of Community Health.^[1]

Committee assignments

2021-2022

Burke was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Appropriations Committee
• Senate Ethics Committee,Vice chair
• Senate Health and Human Services Committee,Vice chair
• Insurance and Labor Committee,Chair
• Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee
• Senate Rules Committee

2019-2020

Burke was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Appropriations Committee
• Senate Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee
• Senate Ethics Committee
• Senate Health and Human Services Committee,Vice Chairman
• Senate Rules Committee

2017 legislative session

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

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Burke served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according toBillTrack50 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

2022

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 11

IncumbentDean Burke won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 11 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dean Burke (R)	100.0	49,591

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 11

IncumbentDean Burke advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 11 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dean Burke	100.0	21,424

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2020

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 11

IncumbentDean Burke won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 11 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dean Burke (R)	100.0	57,018

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 11

IncumbentDean Burke advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 11 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dean Burke	100.0	17,355

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2018

See also:Georgia State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 11

IncumbentDean Burke won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 11 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dean Burke (R)	100.0	45,005

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 11

IncumbentDean Burke advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 11 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dean Burke	100.0	9,051

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2016

See also:Georgia State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for theGeorgia State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 24, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 11, 2016.

IncumbentDean Burke ran unopposed in the Georgia State Senate District 11 general election.^[2][3]

Georgia State Senate, District 11 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dean BurkeIncumbent (unopposed)	100.00%	49,068
Total Votes				49,068
Source:Georgia Secretary of State

IncumbentDean Burke ran unopposed in the Georgia State Senate District 11 Republican primary.^[4][5]

Georgia State Senate, District 11 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Dean BurkeIncumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also:Georgia State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for theGeorgia State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014, with a runoff election taking place where necessary on July 22, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. IncumbentK. Dean Burke was unopposed in the Republican primary and was unchallenged in the general election.^[6][7][8]

2013

See also:State legislative special elections, 2013

Burke won election in a special election forGeorgia State Senate District 11. The seat was vacant followingJohn Bulloch's (R) resignation on December 6, 2012. While he did not initially provide a reason, Bulloch had been hospitalized with meningitis the previous October. Bulloch was re-elected on November 6, 2012 unopposed. Burke facedMarshall Berman (R),Brad Hughes (R),Mike Keown (R),Eugene McNease (R) andJeffrey G. Bivins (L) in the special election on January 8, 2013.^[9][10][11]As no candidate won more than 51 percent in the election, the top two vote-getters, Burke and Keown, headed to a runoff on February 5, which Burke won.^{[12][13][14][15]}

Georgia State Senate, District 11, Special Election Runoff, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dean Burke	58.4%	7,739
	Republican	Mike Keown	41.6%	5,507
Total Votes				13,246

Georgia State Senate, District 11, Special Election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dean Burke	42.6%	5,286
	Republican	Mike Keown	37.4%	4,636
	Republican	Marshall Berman	1.1%	132
	Republican	Brad Hughes	7.8%	969
	Republican	Eugene McNease	4.7%	584
	Libertarian	Jeffrey G. Bivins	6.5%	804
Total Votes				12,411

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Dean Burke did not completeBallotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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Scorecards

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2022

In 2022, theGeorgia State Legislature was in session from January 10 to April 4.

• Georgia Chamber of Commerce

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.

• National Federation of Independent Business

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.

2021

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2015

2014

2013

Noteworthy events

Decision to self-quarantine for coronavirus on March 19, 2020

See also:Political incumbents, candidates, and government officials diagnosed with COVID-19 or quarantined due to the coronavirus pandemic, 2020

Burke, along with hisGeorgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen.Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.^[16]

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