Republican Rep. Kevin Hern, a fiscal hawk with a pro-business outlook, is running for Oklahoma’s newly open Senate seat.
The former McDonald’s franchise owner, who has served four terms in the House, is the first well-known Republican to launch a Senate bid in the ruby-red state after President Donald Trump’s decision last week to nominate Sen. Markwayne Mullin as Homeland Security secretary.
“The American dream is under threat by the radical left and RINO Republicans who oppose President Trump’s America First agenda and want to turn the United States into a Third World country,’’ Hern said Wednesday in his launch video. “That’s why I’m running for the U.S. Senate: to ensure President Trump has a loyal ally.”
