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.
Featured Quote:
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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