Hern, Kevin
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Kevin Ray Hern (born December 4, 1961) is an American politician and businessman from Oklahoma. A Republican, he has been a member of the United States House of Representatives for Oklahoma's 1st congressional district since 2018. 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. 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 first elected to Congress in 2018, and was re-elected in 2020, 2022, and 2024. He became the chair of the Republican Study Committee, a conservative group of Republicans, in 2023. In the January 2023 election for Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Hern was nominated as a protest candidate against Kevin McCarthy. After McCarthy was removed as speaker, Hern was briefly one of the candidates in the October 2023 elections to replace him. Following the resignation of Senator Markwayne Mullin to become U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Hern announced his candidacy for the 2026 United States Senate election in Oklahoma.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Hern, Kevin
- First name
- Kevin
- Last name
- Hern
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Oklahoma U.S. Senate — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 REP C
- Oklahoma 1st Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 REP C
- Oklahoma 1st Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 REP C
- Oklahoma 1st Congressional District — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 REP C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2022 cycle
- Coverage
- 2021-01-01 to 2022-12-31
- Source
- Derived from itemized transactions
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $1,680,070.85
- Total disbursements
- $1,307,138.94
- Cash on hand
- Not available
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $1,680,070.85 in total receipts for the 2022 cycle.
missing_committee_summary
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $710,056.54;Share: 42.3%;Denominator: $1,680,070.85 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $843,511.93;Share: 50.2%;Denominator: $1,680,070.85 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $1,680,070.85 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $1,680,070.85 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $123,272.00;Share: 7.3%;Denominator: $1,680,070.85 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $3,230.38;Share: 0.2%;Denominator: $1,680,070.85 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2021-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2022 cycle
- $227,497.00
- Itemized
- $227,497.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 303 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $227,497.00 in the 2022 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2022 | Dollars: $14,325.00;Transactions: 25;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2022 | Dollars: $35,785.00;Transactions: 33;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2022 | Dollars: $26,314.00;Transactions: 38;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2022 | Dollars: $9,385.00;Transactions: 18;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2022 | Dollars: $14,285.00;Transactions: 19;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2022 | Dollars: $19,260.00;Transactions: 31;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2022 | Dollars: $8,285.00;Transactions: 23;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2022 | Dollars: $5,635.00;Transactions: 15;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2022 | Dollars: $26,425.00;Transactions: 30;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2022 | Dollars: $55,873.00;Transactions: 58;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2022 | Dollars: $10,575.00;Transactions: 11;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2022 | Dollars: $1,350.00;Transactions: 2;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $227,497.00 across 303 reported transactions in the 2022 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $6,524.00;Transactions: 109 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $7,450.00;Transactions: 29 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $31,700.00;Transactions: 63 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $67,323.00;Transactions: 62 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $114,500.00;Transactions: 40 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 40% in district
- District share basis
- $82,804.00 in district and $125,718.00 out of district; $18,975.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $18,975.00 with 27 reported transactions; visible denominator is $227,497.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $82,804.00;Transactions: 112;Denominator: $227,497.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $34,325.00;Transactions: 38;Denominator: $227,497.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $91,393.00;Transactions: 126;Denominator: $227,497.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $18,975.00;Transactions: 27;Denominator: $227,497.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| GUZMAN, DAVID | $5,800.00 | 2 transactions |
| HOLMAN, JAMES | $5,800.00 | 2 transactions |
| KIMBELL, JEFFREY | $5,800.00 | 2 transactions |
| KRIMBILL, MICHAEL | $5,800.00 | 2 transactions |
| LIDDELL, MIKE | $5,800.00 | 1 transaction |
| ESPOSITO, JOHN | $5,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| DUENNER, STEVE | $5,000.00 | 1 transaction |
| BERTELSMEYER, JAMES | $2,900.00 | 1 transaction |
| BLOOMFIELD, THOMAS | $2,900.00 | 1 transaction |
| BRENNAN, KEVIN | $2,900.00 | 1 transaction |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $71,720.00 | 136 transactions |
| CAPITOL TAX PARTNERS | $6,500.00 | 8 transactions |
| ECONOMY PHARMACY | $5,800.00 | 2 transactions |
| NGL ENERGY PARTNERS | $5,800.00 | 2 transactions |
| SOUTHWEST AVIATION SPECIALTIES | $5,800.00 | 2 transactions |
| ESPO FIRE & WATER | $5,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| OKLAHOMA FORGE | $5,000.00 | 1 transaction |
| MCDONALDS | $3,400.00 | 2 transactions |
| ADVANCE FINANCIAL | $2,900.00 | 1 transaction |
| BANCFIRST | $2,900.00 | 1 transaction |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $43,100.00 | 21 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $43,100.00 and 21 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H8OK01157
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H8OK01157
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:S6OK04247
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H8OK01157
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:H001082
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H8OK01157:2026
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H8OK01157:2024
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S6OK04247:2026
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H8OK01157:2022
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- H001082
- fec_candidate_id
- H8OK01157
- fec_candidate_ids
- H8OK01157,S6OK04247
- govtrack_id
- 412748
- wikidata_id
- Q58333614