What is Barbara Burns?
{{Infobox State Representative | name = Barbara A. Burns | state_house = Pennsylvania | district =[[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 20|20th]] | term_start = March 7, 1994 | term_end = November 30, 1994 | predecessor = [[Thomas J. Murphy, Jr.|Thomas Murphy]] | successor =[[Don Walko]] | constituency = | office2 = Member of the Pittsburgh City Council from the 1st District | term_start2 = January 4, 2000<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QDAxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JHADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4249,3080885&dq=barbara+burns+pittsburgh+city+council&hl=en The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]</ref> | term_end2 = January 5, 2004<ref>[http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_173155.html Pittsburgh Live]</ref> | predecessor2 = [[Dan Onorato]] | successor2 = [[Luke Ravenstahl]] | party =[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] }} '''Barbara A. Burns''' is a former [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]] and of [[Pittsburgh City Council]].<ref>{{cite web | last = Cox | first = Harold | title = House Members B | publisher = Wilkes University | work = [[Wilkes University Election Statistics Project]] | url = http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/B.html | access-date = 2020-06-26 | archive-date = 2016-04-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160408120959/http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/B.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> ==Political career== Barbara was first elected to the State House on March 7, 1994 to fill the empty seat left by [[Thomas J. Murphy, Jr.|Thomas Murphy]]'s election as [[Mayor of Pittsburgh]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Cox |first=Harold |title=Pennsylvania House of Representatives - 1993&ndash;1994 |format=PDF |publisher=Wilkes University |work=Election Statistics Project |date=November 3, 2004 |url=http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/177H.pdf |access-date=October 10, 2008}}</ref> In 1999, she successfully won a seat in the Pittsburgh City Council which