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<span style=""><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">December 23, 2021</span></span></p>
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<span style=""><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt; font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Ned Burns appointed to District 26 legislative seat</span></u></b></span></p>
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<span style=""><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little appointed Ned Burns of Bellevue to the District 26 House seat vacated by Representative Muffy Davis.</span></span></p>
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<span style=""><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Burns currently serves as the Mayor of Bellevue and is a realtor. He has previously served as a substitute for Representatives Sally Toone and Muffy Davis in the Idaho Legislature.
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<span style=""><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Burns is a Democrat who will serve out the remainder of Davis’ term, which ends at the end of 2022. When a legislative seat is vacated midterm, the political party of the legislator who left the
seat submits recommendations for replacements for the Governor’s consideration.</span></span></p>
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