Konni Burton (born April 15, 1963) is an American businessman from Colleyville in northeastern Tarrant County, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas State Senate for District 10. Supported by the Tea Party movement, Burton on dated January 13, 2015, replacing Wendy R. Davis of Fort Worth, who resigned from the state Senate after a failed campaign as a Democratic governor in the 2014 Texas gubernatorial election.
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Burton was born on April 15, 1963. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of North Texas. Burton is a housewife; he was previously the owner of a wedding consulting business.
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Political career
Before running for office, Burton was vice president of NE Tarrant Tea Party.
2014 elections
In the 2014 election, Burton "is considered a rock star in Republican circles." On March 4, 2014 Republican primary elections (and May 27, 2014 major runoff) for the state Senate, Burton was backed by US Senator Ted Cruz. In the first round, Burton occupied first place among five-way Republic field, collecting 43% of the vote and advancing to runoff against former State Rep. Mark M. Shelton, who received 35 per cent. In the overflow, Burton earned a Republican nomination; Burton received 17,435 votes (60%), while Shelton received 11,515 votes (40%).
Burton then defeated Democratic nominee Libby Willis, who brought Wendy Davis support, 95,484 votes (53%) to 80,806 (45%), recaptured the Senate seat for the Republic.
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Burton is a member of Higher Education, Criminal Justice, Nomination, and Veterans Affairs & amp; Committee on Military Installation, and serves as vice chairman of the last committee.
A Rice University study, the Baker Institute on voting for Texas Senate calls from January 2011 to May 2017 shows that Burton is the most conservative member of the Texas Senate.
During the Republican presidential prelude in 2016, Burton was a loyal supporter of Ted Cruz.
Abortion
Burton is the opposite of abortion. She supports the law to disobey Planned Parenthood by cutting her Medicaid funds, even for non-abortion general health services. He opposes the US Supreme Court decision in Whole Woman Health v. Hellerstedt (in violation of Texas's restrictive abortion law as unconstitutional) said he was "deeply disappointed" in the verdict. Burton took office in January 2015 wearing cowboy boots bearing the words "Stand for Life", a fashion statement mirrored after the election of Wendy Davis's pink tennis shoes during an abortion filibuster in 2013.
Economy
Burton prohibits taxpayer-financed lobbyists (ie, lobbyists representing government entities) from their offices, and supports legislation to ban government entities from hiring lobbyists.
Burton has supported restrictions on local control in Texas, saying that the state must "go in" to restrict the municipality from passing regulations governing issues such as plastic bags and Uber. Burton also opposes the local way of banning SMS while driving.
Burton has introduced legislation in the Senate to abolish the withdrawal of civilian assets in the state.
Education
In November 2016, Burton introduced S.B. 242, which would change the laws of the state to make parents entitled to all written records of a school district about their child "general physical, psychological or emotional well-being" and provide that an attempt by a school employee to hide or encourage the child to conceal the information would be basic discipline. Burton introduced the bill in response to the Fort Worth Independent School District (then canceled) guidelines that sought to protect transgender students from being "not received" to their parents. The bill was condemned by LGBT supporters such as Equality Texas, who issued a statement saying that "legislation would essentially destroy protected communications between a student and an educator.the bill was also opposed by the Teachers Association of Texas State and the group of educators, who said that the bill could jeopardize the trust between teachers and students and potentially force teachers to share "unproven rumors" with parents.According to Austin Chronicle, Burton refused to ask any questions from the press related to SB 242, directing them to his website, amid the furore, Burton's chief of staff said that his law would not force schools to "quit" LGBT students.
On the other hand, Burton bill supporters quickly pointed out that the bill was made in response to the Fort Worth School District that decided to withhold information from parents (without parental input). In addition, Burton himself has emphasized on many occasions that the words "sexuality" and "gender" are not contained in the bill. Instead, the bill would require the release of written documentation of "general physical, psychological or emotional wellbeing" students, whom many believe is the right of parents and therefore inevitably by the local school district.
On Friday, February 9, 2018 Burton walked during a presentation by County Judge Glen Whitley of Hurst. Whitley challenged that the reason that local property taxes are high is the State is budgeting for a 14% local tax increase rather than raising funds for education. Burton retaliated in an open letter posted on his official web page that Whitley "... knew nothing and deliberately misled the worst."
Personal life
Burton and her husband Phil have two adopted daughters. Phil Burton is vice president of McKinney, the Texas office of engineering firm Simpson Strong-Tie.
According to the financial disclosure form, next to their home in Colleyville, Burtons has two condos in Port Aransas, which are rented, and 107 acres in Hamilton County west of Waco, Texas.
The Burtons belonging to the Calvary Lutheran Church in Richland Hills in Tarrant County; he is a former member of the church council.
References
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