ABOUT DENISE

Denise Burns is a lifelong North Georgia conservative, homeschool mom, small-farm homesteader, and longtime Republican leader with deep roots in Senate District 53. 

 

Denise grew up in the heart of North Georgia, with family ties to Catoosa and Walker counties stretching back generations. Her mother’s family has lived in the area since the 1830s, and today Denise still lives near the land her grandfather assembled in the 1930s — property her family continues to steward. 

 

A graduate of Ringgold High School and Berry College, Denise earned a degree combining hospitality and business management. After college, she built a successful corporate career, including management roles with the Ritz-Carlton in downtown Atlanta and national sales positions that took her across the country. She spent more than a decade in professional leadership roles before choosing to step away from corporate life to raise her family. 

 

Denise and her husband raised four children, three sons and a daughter, all educated through a classical Christian homeschool curriculum. For 25 years, Denise has taught, organized, and overseen her children’s education, filing homeschool documentation with the State of Georgia in both Cobb and Catoosa counties. Today, all four are adults, active in church and civic life. 

 

In addition to her family responsibilities, Denise operates a small homestead and has been a longtime advocate for food freedom and local agriculture. She raises Jersey dairy cows and has spent more than 20 years educating Georgians about raw milk access, small-farm sustainability, and the right of consumers to buy food directly from producers. She serves as a local chapter leader for the Weston A. Price Foundation and has worked to build awareness and support for reducing unnecessary agricultural regulations. 

 

Denise has also devoted years of service to the Georgia Republican Party. She served four years as Chairman of the GOP’s 14th Congressional District, following earlier leadership roles at the county and state level. During her tenure, the district saw improved organization and increased voter participation across primaries, runoffs, and special elections. Known for her transparency, discipline, and focus on results, Denise ran unopposed for district chair and earned trust across county lines. 

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Denise is also recognized for her leadership in advancing immigration enforcement and public safety legislation. After HB301 stalled in the Georgia House in 2023, she mobilized grassroots activists and stakeholders statewide to revive the bill and push it through the House ahead of the 2024 crossover deadline. The legislation required local authorities to report certain criminal activity by illegal immigrants to federal immigration officials and is currently enacted in Georgia. Key provisions later formed the basis of the Laken Riley Act, which became the first bill signed by President Trump after his reelection. 

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A Christian, Denise believes faith should inform civic responsibility. She supports the sanctity of life, the First and Second Amendments, parental authority in education, and limited government rooted in the Constitution. 

 

Denise is running for Georgia Senate because North Georgia deserves a representative who answers to the people, not Atlanta insiders, and who is willing to do the work, tell the truth, and defend conservative values without apology.