Kevin Hern

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Tammy Hern
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(m. 1994)​
Kevin Hern
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Chair of the Republican Study Committee
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
Children3
Education Arkansas Tech University (BS)
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Arkansas, Little Rock (MBA)
Website House website
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Kevin Hern speaks on recent natural disasters in Oklahoma
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Kevin Ray Hern (born December 4, 1961) is an American businessman and politician from Oklahoma. A Republican, he is a member of the United States House of Representatives for Oklahoma's 1st congressional district . 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 before returning to Arkansas to work for McDonald's the following year. 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.

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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. [18]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2018

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, [19] [20] where he defeated Tulsa County District Attorney Tim Harris. [21] He then advanced to the general election, where he defeated Democratic nominee Tim Gilpin. [22] 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. [23] [24]

2020

Hern defeated Democratic nominee Kojo Asamoa-Caesar and Independent Evelyn L. Rogers in the November 2020 general election. [25]

2022

Hern ran for a third term in 2022, despite speculation that he might run for the open Senate seat being vacated by Jim Inhofe. [26] Hern defeated Democratic nominee Adam Martin and Independent Evelyn L. Rogers in the November general election. [27]

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 [28] 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. [29] [30] 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. [31] [32] He was later among 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. [33] 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. [34]

January 2023 Speaker 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. [35] He was officially nominated by Boebert on the ninth ballot and received three votes. [36] He was again nominated by Boebert on the tenth ballot, [37] and received seven votes. [35] On the 11th ballot, Representative Bob Good of Virginia nominated Hern and he received seven votes. [38] [39] 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." [35] The next day, Kevin McCarthy secured the votes to win the election. [40]

October 2023 Speaker election

On October 4, 2023, he announced his campaign for Speaker of the United States House of Representatives after McCarthy was removed by a motion to vacate. [41] He suspended his campaign on October 7, saying a three-way speaker race was not in the interest of the party. [42] On October 11, he announced that he would seek the House Majority Leader post vacated by Steve Scalise; [43] the same day he voted for Scalise to be Speaker of the House during the Republican house caucus vote. [44] During his candidacy, Hern received news coverage for serving McDonald's breakfast sandwiches to the Republican conference. [45] [46] After Scalise dropped out of the race, Hern then supported Jim Jordan for the nomination during the first three votes. [47] On October 20, after Jim Jordan failed to be elected Speaker, Hern announced his reinstated candidature. [48] [49] He lost the conference vote on October 24 to Tom Emmer after being eliminated in the third round of a four round vote. [50] The same day he suspended his campaign and endorsed Mike Johnson in the race. [51]

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. [53]

Personal life

Hern and his wife, Tammy, have three children and two grandchildren. [54] It is his second marriage. [6]

Hern is Protestant. [55] [56]

Electoral history

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tim Harris 28,392 27.5
Republican Kevin Hern 23,425 22.7
Republican Andy Coleman22,58421.9
Republican Nathan Dahm 20,84320.2
Republican Danny Stockstill8,0867.8
Total votes103,330 100.0
Republican primary runoff results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kevin Hern 40,373 54.9
Republican Tim Harris 33,13845.1
Total votes73,511 100.0
Oklahoma's 1st congressional district, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kevin Hern 150,129 59.3
Democratic Tim Gilpin103,04240.7
Total votes253,171 100.0
Republican hold
Oklahoma's 1st congressional district, 2020 [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kevin Hern (incumbent) 213,700 63.70
Democratic Kojo Asamoa-Caesar109,64132.68
IndependentEvelyn L. Rogers12,1303.62
Total votes335,471 100.0
Republican hold
Oklahoma's 1st congressional district, 2022 [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kevin Hern (incumbent) 142,800 61.16
Democratic Adam Martin80,97434.68
Independent Evelyn Rogers9,7214.16
Total votes233,495 100.0
Republican hold

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