Kevin Hern OK-01

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. 
Upcoming Election:

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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Josh Brecheen OK-02

Current Position: US Representative of OK 2nd District since 2023
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: State Senator from 2010 – 2018
District:   The district borders Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Texas and includes (in whole or in part) a total of 24 counties.[
Upcoming Election:

Josh Brecheen is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation.  In 2004, he was hired as a field representative for U.S. senator Tom Coburn, where he worked until his election to the Oklahoma Senate.

Josh Brecheen owns a motivational speaking business, Brecheen Keynotes and Seminars, as well as Rawhide Dirtworks, an excavation service.

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Frank Lucas OK-03

Current Position: US Representative of OK 3rd District since 1994 (formerly 6th District)
Affiliation: Republican
District:   The district is bordered by New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, and the Texas panhandle. 
Upcoming Election:

After Republicans won the House majority in the 2022 elections, Lucas became chair of the Science, Space and Technology Committee, which has jurisdiction over non-defense federal scientific research and development, including NASA, NSF, NIST, and the OSTP.

Lucas laid out an ambitious agenda for the committee: independence for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a federal program to develop unmanned drones, advances in fusion energy, and research money for institutions other than those on the coasts.

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Today, instead of working with Republicans, House Democrats passed an appropriations bill jam-packed with partisan policy provisions and irresponsible levels of government spending. Congress must return to regular order.

ONR Extra with Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas

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Tom Cole OK-04

Current Position: US Representative of OK 4th District since 2003
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: Secretary of State of Oklahoma from 1996 – 1999
Other Positions:  Vice Chair, Committee on Appropriations;
Chair, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies; Chair, Committee on Rules

Cole was the son of John D. Cole  who was the first Native American elected to the Oklahoma Senate.  His ancestors had been in the territory for five generations, and he was raised in Moore, halfway between Oklahoma City and Norman.

He served as an assistant professor in history and politics in college before entering politics and winning political office

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I’m struck by Cuban protestors celebrating U.S. freedoms while many Americans turn their backs on our own flag. As the brightest beacon for freedom & opportunity worldwide, the U.S. must stand with them in their fight for democracy. #SOSCuba

‘They are only dividing us further:’ Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole speaks against impeachment

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Stephanie Bice OK-05

Current Position: US Representative of OK 5th District since 2021
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: State Senator from 2014 – 2020
District:  covers most of Oklahoma County and all of Lincoln, Pottawatomie and Seminole counties, as well as parts of Canadian and Logan counties.  
Upcoming Election:

Bice worked for eight years in financial oversight, business strategy and marketing for her family’s technology company in Oklahoma City. She later helped lead a boutique digital marketing agency in Oklahoma City as vice president of business development.

She is the first Iranian American and Pakistani American to be elected to Congress.

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Conversations with Candidates: State Sen. Stephanie Bice

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