Political Highlights: Republican nominee for U.S. House, 1992; U.S. House of Representatives, 1995-2005 Born: November 30, 1955; Charlottesville, Va. Residence: Winston-Salem Religion: Methodist Family: Wife, Brooke Burr; two children Education: Wake Forest U., B.A. 1978 Elected: 2004 Committee Assignments: Finance (Energy, Natural Resources & Infrastructure; Health Care; Taxation & IRS Oversight); Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (Children & Families; Employment & Workplace Safety; Primary Health and Retirement Security); Select Intelligence; Special Aging Social Media:
Roll Call Vitals
House Seniority: 17th ranked Senate Republican Twitter: 84,696 followers State Clout: North Carolina is 13th on Roll Call's Clout Index, which measures influence in Congress by state
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
Senate Race
1992 Election Results
Candidate
Stephen Neal (D) Richard Burr (R) Gary Albrecht (LIBERT)
Votes
117,835 102,086 3,758
%
52.7% 45.6% 1.7%
1994 Election Results
Candidate
Richard Burr (R) A.P. Sands (D)
Votes
84,741 63,194
%
57.3% 42.7%
1996 Election Results
Candidate
Richard Burr (R) Neil Cashion (D) Barbara Howe (LIBERT) Craig Berg (NL)
Votes
130,177 74,320 4,193 1,008
%
62.1% 35.4% 2.0% 0.5%
1998 Election Results
Candidate
Richard Burr (R) Mike Robinson (D) Eugene Paczelt (LIBERT)
Votes
119,103 55,806 1,382
%
67.6% 31.7% 0.8%
2000 Election Results
Candidate
Richard Burr (R) Steven LeBoeuf (LIBERT)
Votes
172,489 13,366
%
92.8% 7.2%
2002 Election Results
Candidate
Richard Burr (R) David Crawford (D)
Votes
137,879 58,558
%
70.2% 29.8%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
Richard Burr (R) Erskine Bowles (D) Tom Bailey (LIBERT)
Votes
1,791,450 1,632,527 47,743
%
51.6% 47.0% 1.4%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
Richard Burr (R) Elaine Marshall (D) Mike Beitler (LIBERT)
