Jon G. Burns

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Burns grew up on a family farm in Effingham County, raising livestock, growing crops and harvesting timber, per the campaign site. The site says Burns earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Georgia Southern College and a Juris Doctor from John Marshall Law School, per the campaign site. The site describes Burns as Georgia's 75th Speaker of the House, elected to that post in January 2023 and first elected to the House in 2004, per the campaign site.