Hern, Kevin Ray a Representative from Oklahoma; born on December 4, 1961; B.S. Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, Ark., 1986; M.B.A., University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark., 1999; computer programmer; real estate broker; farmer; entrepreneur; appointed to the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress by the Governor of Oklahoma under the provisions of Oklahoma Statute, Section 26-12-101 (B) to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Jim Bridenstine, and elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress (November 13, 2018-present).