Ty Burns | |
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Member of the OklahomaHouseofRepresentatives from the 35th district | |
Assumed office November 21, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Dennis Casey |
Succeeded by | Special election pending |
Personal details | |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Staci |
Children | 5 |
Education | Oklahoma State University,Stillwater (BS) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Unit | 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team |
Battles/wars | War in Afghanistan Iraq War |
Ty Burns is an American politician,educator,former law enforcement officer,and retired United States Army infantryman serving as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 35th district. Elected in November 2018,he assumed office on November 21,2018.
Ty was born in Wakita,Oklahoma to Joe Burns from Tonkawa,Oklahoma and Mona Shire from Jefferson,Oklahoma on Dec 7,1978. Burns was raised on a farm in Grant County,Oklahoma and Pawnee County,Oklahoma. He graduated from Pawnee High School and earned a bachelor's degree from Oklahoma State University–Stillwater. [1] [2]
Burns served as a sheriff's deputy for six years. He was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in November 2018,and serves as the Representative for Oklahoma House District 35.
During the 2019–2020 legislative session,he served as vice chair of the House Veterans and Military Affairs Committee. In the 2021–2022 session,he served as the chair of the House Wildlife Committee. [3] He was re-elected by default in 2020. [4] He served as the chair of the House Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee for the 60th Oklahoma Legislature,until resigning from the position in August 2025 after pleading guilty to domestic abuse and assault. [5]
After the 2020 United States presidential election,Burns signed a letter along with other members of the Oklahoma Legislature,urging Oklahoma's congressional delegation to challenge the certification of the Electoral College votes. [6]
In August 2025,Burns pleaded guilty to misdemeanor domestic abuse and assault charges for trying to gouge his wife's eye and run a van with his 16-year-old daughter inside off the road in two separate incidents from November 2024 and April 2025. [7]
On April 25,2025 Burns accused his wife of getting their 16 year-old daughter drunk. Later in the day after an argument the 16 year-old got into her grandmother's van. Burns threatened his daughter's grandmother and said he was going to kill her. Then after she left,Burns chased the van in his truck. Burns then rammed the van with his pickup into a ditch. Burns received a one-year suspended sentence and was ordered to complete a year-long batterer's intervention program. [7]
Governor Kevin Stitt,called for Burns to resign from office. [8] On August 30,Burns announced he would resign on October 1,2025. His resignation triggered a special election for his seat. [9]
Burns and his wife,Staci,have five children. [10]