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Richard Burr
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| United States Senator from North Carolina |
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| Assumed office January 3, 2005 Serving with Thom Tillis |
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| Preceded by | John Edwards |
| Chairman of the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Dianne Feinstein |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 5th district |
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| In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Stephen Neal |
| Succeeded by | Virginia Foxx |
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| Born | November 30, 1955 Charlottesville, Virginia |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Brooke Fauth |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Wake Forest University |
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Richard Burr (born November 30, 1955) is the senior United States Senator from North Carolina. He is a member of the U.S. Republican Party and has been in Senate since January 3, 2005. He was in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2005. Burr is the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. He succeeded Dianne Feinstein as chairman in January 2015.
In July 2016, Burr said that he would not run for re-election in 2022.
Burr was born on November 30, 1955 in Charlottesville, Virginia. He graduated from the Wake Forest University. He is married to Brooke Fauth. They have two children.
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U.S. Senators Bob Corker, Richard Burr, Lamar Alexander, and Congressman John Duncan among others at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2009