Burris was elected to represent District 85, which then covered the city of Harrison and part of Boone County, in 2008, defeating opponent Bill Witty and becoming, at 23, the youngest person then serving in the Arkansas House.

Redistricting placed Burris's home in District 98, where, in the 2012 election, he succeeded incumbent Republican Donna Hutchinson, who was term-limited.

[12] In 2014, he was a candidate for the Arkansas State Senate, losing to fellow Republican Scott Flippo in a runoff primary election[8][13] in a race where there was no Democratic contender,[14] and, later that year, he received a public letter of caution from the state Ethics Commission related to omitting some information on financial disclosure reports.

He had been one of the principal architects of Medicaid expansion in Arkansas [16][17] Burris is a partner and lobbyist[18][19] at Capitol Advisors Group,[20] a Little Rock-based government relations, public affairs, and issue management firm.

While in high school and at ATU, he was a manager at Wendy's[22][25] and had worked unloading freight at Home Depot and in a real estate company.