Kevin Hern
- Republican · US Representative, Oklahoma District 1 · On the Nov 3 ballot for US Senate, Oklahoma
- Background
- Engineer · Business owner
- Raised
- $10.9M
- Cash on hand
- $2.8M
- Years in Congress
- 7
- Age
- 64
- Races
- Won 4 of 4
Spectrum
Centrist is the middle of the scale, not of Congress. How this works
By donors (CFscore, 2024 cycle)
Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source
Method and limits
Published score 1.236 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 6,186 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.
Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.
Now
Career
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | US House, OK-01 | Won | 60.4% | |
| 2022 | US House, OK-01 | Won · primary won 100% | 61.2% | |
| 2020 | US House, OK-01 | Won · primary won 100% | 63.7% | |
| 2018 | US House, OK-01 | Won · primary won 22.7% | 59.3% |
About this list
Races in our results files. Other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss. Some races are matched to this person by name and seat, not by an ID, so one could belong to someone with the same name.
Money
FEC, through Oct 14, 2026Spent $8.1M · Debts owed $0
Where the money came from
- Individuals$1.5M
- PACs and other committees$1.0M
- Party committees$62K
- Candidate’s own money$0
- Loans from the candidate$5.0M
- Transfers from the candidate’s other committees$3.1M
As the campaign reported to the FEC through Oct 14, 2026. Bars compare these lines. Some money has no line here, so they may not add up to the total raised. Source: FEC candidate summary.
Committees giving to this campaign
209 committees reported giving $903K.
- NRSCParty committee$62,000
- National Association of Realtors PACPAC$10,000
- The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers PACPAC$10,000
- Caterpillar Inc. PAC (CATPAC)PAC$10,000
- Koch, Inc. PAC (KOCHPAC)PAC$10,000
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- Republican Majority FundLeadership PAC$10,000
- Hf Sinclair Corporation PAC (Dino PAC)PAC$10,000
- Freedom FundLeadership PAC$10,000
- Heartland Values PACLeadership PAC$10,000
- Association of Kentucky Fried Chicken Franchisees Inc PACPAC$10,000
- Arkansas for Leadership PAC (ARKPAC)Leadership PAC$10,000
- Common Values PACLeadership PAC$10,000
- Senate Conservatives FundPAC$10,000
- Tomorrow Is Meaningful PACLeadership PAC$10,000
- Oorah! PACLeadership PAC$10,000
- Defend Our Conservative Senate PAC (Doc's PAC)Leadership PAC$10,000
- Restoring Our Nation PACLeadership PAC$10,000
- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. PAC (Kratos PAC)PAC$10,000
- Senate Eagle PACLeadership PAC$10,000
- Start Rising PACLeadership PAC$10,000
The largest 20 are listed. Refunds the committees reported are taken out. Independent spending isn’t included. These figures come from the committees’ own reports, so they can differ from the campaign’s lines above, sometimes by a lot. Source: FEC committee-to-candidate file, dated Oct 25, 2026.
Reports through Oct 14, 2026.
How these are counted
Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle, not the six-year figures fec.gov shows for senators. Raised $10,862,233. Cash on hand $2,811,987. Spent $8,050,247. Debts owed $0. Individuals $1,501,488. PACs and other committees $1,027,600. Party committees $62,000. Candidate’s own money $0. Loans from the candidate $5,050,000. Other loans $0. Transfers from the candidate’s other committees $3,143,879. Main committee: Hern for Senate. No individual donor names are shown.
House votes
119th Congress, through Sept 16, 2026676 roll calls. Yea 521, Nay 136, Present 2, Not voting 16.
- Roll calls missed
- 2.4%
- Voted with own party when parties split
- 99.1%
How these are counted
Missed is Not Voting divided by every roll call the member was listed on, including quorum calls and procedural votes. It covers any absence, including illness and leave.
Party split: a roll call counts when the Democratic majority and the Republican majority voted opposite ways. That was 464 roll calls, and the member matched their own party on 460. We pick no votes ourselves.
Showing the newest 3 of 676
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 314
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 401 to 14
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 313
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H R 9497
Water Resources Development Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 415 to 9
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 312
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H R 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 417 to 3
Legislation
119th Congress, congress.gov, as of Oct 30, 2026Sponsored 14 bills and 4 resolutions. Cosponsored 102 bills and 6 resolutions. Amendments are not counted.
Latest bills Kevin Hern sponsored
More about Kevin Hern
Offices held (5 terms and offices)
- 2018 to nowUS House, Oklahoma District 1Republican
Committees (3 assignments)
House Committee on Ways and Means
- Tax subcommittee
- Health subcommittee
Background
- Engineer
- Business owner
Source: Official House site
Official pages (5 links)
Sources (13 sources)
Ballot listing, hosting.okelections.us
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026.
unitedstates/congress-legislators (current)
Office, terms, committees, official links, age. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026. License: CC0-1.0.
Compiled by the @unitedstates project volunteers (rosters from official congressional sources) from official returns. Not an official source.
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
FEC bulk data 2025-2026: contributions from committees to candidates (pas226)
Federal 2026 candidates: committees giving to each candidate (web/data/people/money-types). Bulk file, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Committee totals only; the individual contributions file is not used.
Stanford DIME public v4.0, recipients file (CFscores)
CFscores for candidates and officials; web/data/ideology/dime.json and aggregate.json. A research estimate by Adam Bonica, not an official measure. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Compiled by Adam Bonica, Stanford University Libraries (built from campaign finance filings) from official returns. Not an official source.
Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime .
Clerk of the House: roll call votes, 119th Congress
House roll calls. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work.
Congress.gov API: sponsored and cosponsored legislation, nominations
Bills and resolutions. Retrieved Oct 30, 2026. License: US government work.
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
unitedstates/congress-legislators
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
Stanford DIME v4.0 recipients file
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House 1976-2024
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
Election Wrld officials files (web/data/officials)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
- Age: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), official birthday field, counted to Nov 3, 2026. We show the age, never the birth date.
- Took office in Congress 2018-11-13. Basis: congress-legislators terms (CC0).
Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.
DataDownload votes (JSON)Sources: FEC, House Clerk, congress.gov, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026Photo credits