Answer the following question: Facts:   - jr/sr: united states senator    - birth name: richard mauze burr    - party: republican    - alongside: thom tillis    - predecessor: john edwards dianne feinstein stephen neal      - birth date: 30 november 1955    - spouse: brooke fauth    - office: chairman of the senate intelligence committee    - district: north carolina 5 5th    - term end: january 3 , 2005    - name: richard burr    - website: senate website    - birth place: charlottesville , virginia , u.s.    - signature: richard burr signature.svg    - successor: virginia foxx    - state: north carolina north carolina    - alma mater: wake forest university    - children: 2    - term start: january 3 , 1995 3 , 2005 january 3 , 2015 january    - image: richard burr official portrait.jpg    - religion: methodism   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of richard burr .
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richard mauze burr -lrb- born november 30 , 1955 -rrb- is the senior united states senator from north carolina having served since 2005 .a member of the republican party , burr represented north carolina 's 5th congressional district in the united states house of representatives from 1995 to 2005 .prior to his political career , he worked for seventeen years in private business with carswell distributing .