Summary

Current Position: US Representative of OK 1st District since 2018
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Businessman from 1999 – 2018
District:  all of Tulsa County as well as portions of Creek, Rogers & Wagoner counties. 
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In 1997 he bought his first McDonald’s franchise and in 1999 he earned his MBA degree from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. After moving to Oklahoma in 1999, Hern expanded his McDonald’s franchises, eventually owning 18 franchises in the Tulsa metropolitan area.

Hern was a leading figure in attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 United States presidential election. On October 20, 2023, he again announced his candidacy for Speaker of the House after the withdrawal of Scalise and Jordan.

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Pelosi told Capitol police to arrest any of my staff that refused to wear a mask… yet Biden & Pelosi are letting almost 200k illegal immigrants per month pour across our southern border w/o regard to the spread of COVID across our country. Still they say they care about America?

Hern praises welfare reform, work requirements as the only path to self-sufficiency

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About

Source: Government page

Kevin Hern 1Born on an Air Force Base, Kevin Hern gained an early appreciation for the sacrifices that military families make. In high school, Kevin earned an Architectural Drafting Certificate at a Career Technology school, which he used to work and pay for his Engineering degree. Later in life, he earned his MBA.

He went on to work as an Aerospace Engineer for Rockwell. Then began saving to purchase his first McDonald’s Restaurant by starting and operating small business ventures: writing computer programs to automate tasks for businesses, real estate, and even hog farming.

In 1997, Kevin literally sold the hog farm to buy his first McDonald’s restaurant in North Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1999, he purchased two McDonald’s restaurants in Muskogee, Oklahoma. He grew that organization over the next decade; eventually owning 24 McDonald’s restaurants that employed hundreds of people in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area.

Kevin has worked across every aisle by serving in various leadership positions within the McDonald’s system – what he dubs the most grassroots business in the world. He served 13 years on the National Leadership Team that represented all of the 3,500+ U.S. Franchisees, serving for 8 years as the Ombudsman and 5 years as the chairman of the Systems Economic Team.

In addition to McDonald’s, Kevin has been a very successful entrepreneur in the areas of banking, manufacturing, real estate development, multiple technology companies, and sports publishing.

He uses this business acumen to help aspiring entrepreneurs create new businesses, so they can pursue their American Dream.

Kevin Hern was sworn into Congress on November 13th, 2018 serving the remainder of Congressman Jim Bridenstine’s term. Kevin and his wife Tammy live in Tulsa and have three children. They are members at the Church at Battle Creek.

Personal

Full Name: Kevin Hern

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Tammy; 3 Children

Birth Date: 12/04/1961

Birth Place: Belton, MO

Home City: Tulsa, OK

Religion: Christian

Source: Vote Smart

Education

MBA, Finance/Business, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 1997-1999

Attended, Astronautical Engineering, 1986

BS, Electro-Mechanical Engineering, Arkansas Tech University, 1982-1986

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 1, 2019-present

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Oklahoma, District 1, 2020, 2022

Professional Experience

Owner, KTAK Corporation, 1997-present

Former Member, McDonald’s National Leadership Team

Chief Executive Officer/Managing Partner, Firstrike Group, 2000-2018

Franchisee, McDonald’s, 1986-1997

Former Employee, Rockwell International, 1986

Offices

Washington, DC Office
1019 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2211

District Offices
Tulsa Office
2448 East 81st Street
Suite 5150
Tulsa, OK 74137
Phone: (918) 935-3222

Contact

Email: Government

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Politics

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Election Results

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Finances

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Committees

House Committee on Ways and Means, Member 
Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures
Subcommittee on Health

CAUCUS MEMBERSHIPS

Republican Study Committee, Chairman
Small Business Caucus, Co-Chair 
Franchise Caucus, Co-Chair
Pro-Life Caucus
Southern Caucus
Taiwan Caucus
Border Security Caucus
Municipal Finance Caucus
Values Action Team
Republican Israel Caucus
Congressional Tourette Syndrome Caucus
Diabetes Caucus
Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus
Western Caucus
Native American Caucus
Air Force Caucus
House Energy Action Team
Freshman Working Group on Addiction
Spina Bifida Caucus
Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues
Congressional Chicken Caucus
Congressional Fires Services Caucus
Congressional Rare Disease Caucus
ALS Caucus
Library of Congress Caucus

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District

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Oklahoma’s 1st congressional district is in the northeastern corner of the state. Anchored by Tulsa, it is largely coextensive with the Tulsa metropolitan area. The district contains all of Tulsa County as well as portions of Creek, Rogers & Wagoner counties. Although it has long been reckoned as the Tulsa district, a small portion of Tulsa itself is located in the 3rd district.

Principal cities in the district (other than Tulsa) include Broken Arrow, Bixby, Jenks, Owasso, Sand Springs, and Wagoner.

The district is currently represented by Republican Kevin Hern who defeated Democratic nominee Tim Gilpin to replace Jim Bridenstine, who resigned to become NASA Administrator in 2018.

Wikipedia

Kevin Ray Hern (born December 4, 1961) is an American politician and businessman from Oklahoma. A Republican, he is serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Oklahoma’s 1st congressional district since 2018.

Born in Missouri and raised in Pope County, Arkansas, Hern graduated from Arkansas Tech University in 1986 and briefly attended the Georgia Institute of Technology. In 1997 he bought his first McDonald’s franchise and in 1999 he earned his MBA degree from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. After moving to Oklahoma in 1999, Hern expanded his McDonald’s franchises, eventually owning 18 franchises in the Tulsa metropolitan area. In 2018, he ran his first campaign for office and was elected to the United States House of Representatives.

Hern was a leading figure in attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 United States presidential election.[1] In December 2020, Hern signed an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked standing under Article III of the Constitution.[2][3][4]

Hern became the chair of the Republican Study Committee, a group of conservative Republicans in the House, in 2023. In the January 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, Hern was nominated for Speaker of the House as a protest candidate against Kevin McCarthy. During the October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election Hern initially announced he would seek the nomination, before withdrawing from the race against Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan. On October 20, 2023, he again announced his candidacy for Speaker of the House after the withdrawal of Scalise and Jordan.

Early life and education

Born on an Air Force base in western Missouri, Hern moved to Pope County with his mother, Freda Flansburg,[5] and younger brother after his parents separated.[6] He graduated from Dover High School in 1980 and Arkansas Tech University in 1986 before working at Rockwell International while pursuing a PhD in astronautical engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He left his degree program without finishing after the Challenger disaster [why?] in 1986.[7]

Hern received his MBA from University of Arkansas, Little Rock, in 1999.[8]

Career

McDonald’s franchises

In 1987, Hern moved to Arkansas and went to work for McDonald’s; within a few years, he was an operations manager for several McDonald’s franchises in the Little Rock area.[6] In January 1997, he bought his first McDonald’s, in North Little Rock. He sold that franchise in 1999 to move to Muskogee, Oklahoma, where he bought two franchises. He expanded his business to 18 franchises in the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area.[7] In 2018, during his first campaign for office, The Frontier coined the nickname “McCongressman” for Hern in reference to his McDonald’s franchises.[9] The nickname was subsequently picked up by other outlets after his election.[10][11] He sold his last McDonald’s franchise in 2021.[12]

Current businesses

In addition to his restaurant holdings, Hern started a number of other business enterprises in Oklahoma, including a hog farm, a community bank, and several high-school sports publications. In 2019, he owned a company that manufactured decor and furniture for some of the largest U.S. fast-food restaurant companies and was the wealthiest serving congressman from Oklahoma.[6][13] In 2023 he had assets worth between $36 million and $110 million.[14]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Hern’s KTAK Corporation received between $1 million and $2 million in federally backed small business loans from American Bank and Trust as part of the Paycheck Protection Program. KTAK stated it would retain 220 jobs. The loan was seen as notable since Hern is a vocal opponent of deficit spending; in 2018, discussing a balanced budget, he said, “While there is no easy fix to this, the first step is clear: stop adding to it.” In 2020, he said, “This isn’t a bailout. It’s a repayment of what the government has taken away from American workers and businesses.”[15][16][17] KTAK operates franchises. During the Paycheck Protection Program negotiations, Hern pushed to increase the amount of aid going to franchises.[17] Hern was ranked number 7 in the United States House of Representatives by total number of stock trades while in office between January 2020 and January 2022 and violated the STOCK Act in 2021 by failing to properly disclose stock trades worth up to $2.7 million.[18][19]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2018

See also: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma § District 1

After Jim Bridenstine resigned from the United States House of Representatives in 2018 to become administrator of NASA, Hern ran to succeed him in Oklahoma’s 1st congressional district in the 2018 elections. Hern advanced to the runoff,[20][21] where he defeated Tulsa County District Attorney Tim Harris.[22] He then advanced to the general election, where he defeated Democratic nominee Tim Gilpin.[23] Outgoing Governor Mary Fallin then appointed Hern to serve the rest of Bridenstine’s third term. She was able to do so because under Oklahoma law, if a House seat falls vacant in an even-numbered year and the incumbent’s term is due to end the following year, the governor can appoint someone to serve the remainder of the term. Accordingly, Hern was sworn into the House on November 13.[24][25]

2020

See also: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma § District 1

Hern defeated Democratic nominee Kojo Asamoa-Caesar and Independent Evelyn L. Rogers in the November 2020 general election.[26]

2022

See also: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma § District 1

Hern ran for a third term in 2022, despite speculation that he might run for the open Senate seat being vacated by Jim Inhofe.[27] Hern defeated Democratic nominee Adam Martin and Independent Evelyn L. Rogers in the November general election.[28]

2024

See also: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma § District 1

Hern ran for a fourth term in 2024 facing a primary challenge from Paul Royse.[29] He won the primary election with 87% of the vote.[30] He faces Democratic nominee Dennis Baker and independent Mark Sanders in the general election.[31][32]

Tenure

In December 2020, Hern was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden prevailed[33] over incumbent Donald Trump. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked standing under Article III of the Constitution to challenge the results of an election held by another state.[2][3][4] He also was among 147 congressional Republicans who voted to overturn the 2020 election results.[1] In 2022, Hern was one of 39 Republicans to vote for the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022, an antitrust package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior.[34][35] In 2023, Hern was among 47 Republicans to vote in favor of H.Con.Res. 21 which directed President Joe Biden to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days.[36][37]
He was later among 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.[38] In July 2021, Hern voted against the bipartisan ALLIES Act, which would increase by 8,000 the number of special immigrant visas for Afghan allies of the U.S. military during its invasion of Afghanistan, while also reducing some application requirements that caused long application backlogs; the bill passed in the House 407–16.[39]

January 2023 Speaker election

Main article: January 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election

On the eighth ballot of the 2023 Speaker of the House of Representatives election, Hern received two votes, from Representative Lauren Boebert and Representative Josh Brecheen. Hern himself voted for Kevin McCarthy.[40] He was officially nominated by Boebert on the ninth ballot and received three votes.[41] He was again nominated by Boebert on the tenth ballot,[42] and received seven votes.[40] On the 11th ballot, Representative Bob Good of Virginia nominated Hern and he received seven votes.[43][44] After the votes, Hern told The Frontier he was not ruling out a run for the Speakership and he would “think and pray about [it] before deciding.”[40] The next day, Kevin McCarthy secured the votes to win the election.[45]

October 2023 Speaker election

Main article: October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election

On October 4, 2023, Hern announced his campaign for Speaker of the United States House of Representatives after McCarthy was removed by a motion to vacate.[46] He suspended his campaign on October 7, saying a three-way speaker race was not in the interest of the party.[47] On October 11, he announced that he would seek the House Majority Leader post vacated by Steve Scalise;[48] the same day he voted for Scalise to be Speaker of the House during the Republican house caucus vote.[49] During his candidacy, Hern received news coverage for serving McDonald’s breakfast sandwiches to the Republican conference.[50][51] After Scalise dropped out of the race, Hern then supported Jim Jordan for the nomination during the first three votes.[52] On October 20, after Jim Jordan failed to be elected Speaker, Hern announced his reinstated candidature.[53][54] He lost the conference vote on October 24 to Tom Emmer after being eliminated in the third round of a four round vote.[55] The same day he suspended his campaign and endorsed Mike Johnson in the race.[56]

April 2025 Trip to El Salvador

In April 2025, Hern traveled to El Salvador[57][58] and received a tour of Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT), a maximum security prison used by the Trump administration to hold U.S. immigrants forcibly removed from the United States, including immigrants like Kilmar Abrego Garcia who were illegally abducted and transported to the prison. After visiting the CECOT prison camp, Hern did not call for the repatriation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.[59]

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Political positions

During his political career Hern has positioned himself as close to Donald Trump and emphasized his own business experience.[14]

Welfare

Hern has called current welfare spending “tragic”. He is a strong supporter of work requirements for welfare programs and credits his support of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to its work requirement.[62]

Personal life

Hern and his wife, Tammy, have three children and four grandchildren.[63] It is his second marriage.[6]

Hern is Protestant.[64][65]

PPP loans and criticism

In 2022, Hern had $1 million in PPP loans forgiven. Hern was criticized for his hypocrisy regarding President Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness.[66][67]

Electoral history

2018 Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanTim Harris 28,392 27.5
RepublicanKevin Hern 23,425 22.7
RepublicanAndy Coleman22,58421.9
RepublicanNathan Dahm20,84320.2
RepublicanDanny Stockstill8,0867.8
Total votes103,330 100.0
2018 Republican primary runoff results
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanKevin Hern 40,373 54.9
RepublicanTim Harris33,13845.1
Total votes73,511 100.0
Oklahoma’s 1st congressional district, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanKevin Hern 150,129 59.3
DemocraticTim Gilpin103,04240.7
Total votes253,171 100.0
Republican hold
Oklahoma’s 1st congressional district, 2020[26]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanKevin Hern (incumbent) 213,700 63.70
DemocraticKojo Asamoa-Caesar109,64132.68
IndependentEvelyn L. Rogers12,1303.62
Total votes335,471 100.0
Republican hold
Oklahoma’s 1st congressional district, 2022[28]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanKevin Hern (incumbent) 142,800 61.16
DemocraticAdam Martin80,97434.68
IndependentEvelyn Rogers9,7214.16
Total votes233,495 100.0
Republican hold
2024 Oklahoma’s 1st congressional district Republican primary results[30]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanKevin Hern (incumbent) 30,244 87.0
RepublicanPaul Royse4,50413.0
Total votes34,748 100.0
2024 Oklahoma’s 1st congressional district election results[68]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanKevin Hern (incumbent) 188,832 60.43%
DemocraticDennis Baker107,90334.53%
IndependentMark Sanders15,7665.05%
Total votes312,501 100%

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 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Oklahoma’s 1st congressional district
2018–present		Incumbent
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 Chair of the Republican Study Committee
2023–2025		Succeeded by

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 Chair of the House Republican Policy Committee
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