Representative · Oklahoma's 1st district

Kevin Hern

Kevin Hern is a Republican representative for Oklahoma's 1st district, in Congress since 2018. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 16, and cast 460 of 464 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Republican
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Nov 13, 2018
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	2.4%16 of 675 · rank 169 of 439	99%460 of 464 · rank 125 of 439	180 became law	4%4 of 108
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	0.7%8 of 1,222 · rank 373 of 442	100%848 of 850 · rank 2 of 442	200 became law	3%5 of 170
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	2.4%24 of 997 · rank 106 of 443	99%561 of 564 · rank 91 of 443	171 became law	17%34 of 198

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.68+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Yea
Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
H.R. 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.Nay
May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Nay
Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 186–238· Against party
H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Yea
Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 280–142· Against party
H.R. 1338: SAT Streamlining ActNay
Jul 25, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Failed 250–163· Against party
H.R. 3935: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024Nay
Jul 19, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 205–229· Against party
H.R. 3843: Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022Yea
Sep 29, 2022· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 242–184· Against party
H.R. 7309: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022Nay
May 17, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 174–241· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

House Committee on Ways and Means
Health
Tax

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Oklahoma's 1st district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026: $274.1M
Per resident: $340
Rank in Oklahoma: 4 of 5
Contract actions: 3,531; New awards: 2,592

By fiscal year

418.7MFY2017
599.7MFY2018
666MFY2019
707.1MFY2020
493.2MFY2021
460.9MFY2022
450.7MFY2023
434.6MFY2024
1.1BFY2025
274.1MFY2026

Top buyers

Defense Logistics Agency$83.1M30%
Department of Defense
Department of Housing and Urban Development$47.6M17%
Department of the Air Force$39.3M14%
Department of Defense
Department of the Army$26.6M9.7%
Department of Defense
Missile Defense Agency$22.9M8.4%
Department of Defense
USTRANSCOM$10M3.7%
Department of Defense
Department of Energy$9.9M3.6%
Departmental Offices$9.1M3.3%
Department of the Interior

Top recipients

MAGELLAN TERMINALS HOLDINGS LP$54.5M20%
1 award
COMPU-LINK CORP$47.6M17%
1 award
CYMSTAR LLC$32.6M12%
6 awards
CHEROKEE NATION INTEGRATED HEALTH, L.L.C.$26.8M9.8%
11 awards
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INTEGRATED SYSTEMS L.P.$22.9M8.4%
7 awards
OMNI AIR INTERNATIONAL, LLC$9.9M3.6%
5 awards
CHEROKEE NATION FEDERAL CONSULTING, L.L.C.$8.5M3.1%
4 awards
WYANDOTTE TECHNOLOGIES$7.8M2.9%
2 awards
THE BIZZELL GROUP LLC$7.6M2.8%
1 award
FACET (OKLAHOMA) LLC$6M2.2%
106 awards

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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised: $2.5M; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $0
From committees: $2.1M; 439 committees
From contractor PACs: $427.5K; 98 PACs · 21% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
caterpillar inc.caterpillar inc. political action committee (catpac)	$15K	CATERPILLAR INCAI match · 100% · the same organization	$188.3M
health care service corporationhealth care service corporation employees' political action committee	$15K	HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION, A MUTUAL LEGAL RESERVE COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization	$16M
hf sinclair corporationhf sinclair corporation political action committee (dino pac)	$15K	HF SINCLAIR REFINING & MARKETING LLCAI match · 92% · of one corporate family	$104.6M
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee	$12.5K	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
national restaurant associationnational restaurant association pac (restaurant pac)	$10K	NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONAI match · 93% · of one corporate family	$2M
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)	$10K	AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
abbott laboratoriesabbott laboratories employee political action committee	$10K	ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$90M
united parcel service, inc.united parcel service, inc. pac (upspac)	$10K	UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$685.7K
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)	$10K	HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$260.5M
the goodyear tire & rubber companythe goodyear tire & rubber company good government fund (goodyear good government fund)	$10K	GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, THEAI match · 100% · the same organization	$3.2M

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$2.5M	$2.1M	$427.5K98 PACs · 21% of committee money
2024	$2.7M	$1.4M	$363K80 PACs · 26% of committee money
2022	$1.7M	$826.9K	$202.5K46 PACs · 24% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

House · Oklahoma's 1st districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Oklahoma's 1st districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · Oklahoma's 1st districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
House · Oklahoma's 1st districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
House · Oklahoma's 1st districtNov 13, 2018 – Jan 3, 2019

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: hern.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-2211
Office: 171 Cannon House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)

Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.