At a Glance

Seat

Representative for Oklahoma District 1

Born

December 4, 1961

Age 64

Phone

(202) 225-2211

Office

171 Cannon House Office Building, Washington 20515

Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Republican|Oklahoma District 1

Kevin Hern

Kevin Ray Hern is an American politician and businessman from Oklahoma. A Republican, he is serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Oklahoma's 1st congressional district since 2018.

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Voting Record — 535

Yes77%

No20%

Present0%

Not Voting3%

Party align97%

Cross-party1%

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District Map

Congressional District 1

U.S. Census Bureau boundary data.

Social & Web

Official site Bluesky X @repkevinhern Facebook YouTube

External Resources

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Kevin Hern

U.S. RepresentativeRepublicanOklahoma District 1

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Kevin's ATmosphere Activity

20 recent posts · 16 sponsored · 30 cosponsored

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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJan 6(source)

as someone currently trying to work out how to transport a 2 year-old from inner london to Stow proper: yes it bloody is

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJan 6(source)

new yorkers (morning), is the staten island railway "a subway"? [i fear the answer is ‘oh no the light rail on staten island run by the department of subways using subway rolling stock with a subway fare schedule is actually a distinct rapid transit service’]

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJan 6(source)

stage three of the starmer cycle

Jessica Elgot

@jessicaelgot.bsky.social

Open post ↗

Wes Streeting warns of ‘disintegration’ of rules-based world order after Venezuela attack www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJan 6(source)

Jodie Foster and Hannibal?

Reposted byAlex Hern

Ryan Moulton@moultano.bsky.socialJan 5(source)

Lots of people tried to reconstruct the ML/AI/stats community over here. 90% of them left because the random abuse they got for just posting ordinary research results was too much. bsky.app/profile/jwhe...

John Herrman

@jwherrman.bsky.social

Open post ↗

Wrote about an obvious and yet profoundly underappreciated aspect of the AI boom: its total narrative capture by Elon Musk's X nymag.com/intelligence...

The reality of the AI industry is far larger than a subculture on X with hundreds of billions of dollars flowing into physical infrastructure, reshaping jobs, and deploying into products used by billions of people. But that makes X's capture of the AI conversation all the more notable. Much as Twitter long ago captured, amplified, and distorted elite conversation in media, in sports, in parts of finance, in left politics, and more recently in right politics, the world's understanding of what's going on in Silicon Valley right now - the hype and the doom and the bubble and the progress - is first processed through the strange culture and incentives of X, which is now owned by estranged OpenAI co-founder, Google antagonist, and xAI founder Elon Musk. It has been merged into xAI, where the in-house chatbot occasionally confuses itself with Hitler. When the history of this period in tech is eventually written, it will be composed of, among other things, a whole lot of threads and replies from blue checks on X.

Then, of course, there's the Musk factor. The fact of his ownership creates obvious risks for all of his competitors, who rely on his platform to supply the vibes they need to help keep their companies, and the AI boom in general, going. It's worth remembering that, back before he decided to purchase it and let it drive him nuts, Twitter was, to Musk, a platform with clear functional utility, a social network that helped make him wildly famous and use that fame to convince thousands of retail traders to buy into Tesla, the company that made him the richest man in the world.
Even if we assume, against all reason, that Musk won't leverage this unusual sort of power over all the competitors gathered on his platform, X's influence over them and how they're seen by the rest of the world is undeniable. Along with "AI Twitter," some of the other communities thriving on Musk era X include MAGA guys and crypto guys, meaning that the background vibe of the primary gathering place for the industry that's trying to remake the world is quite a bit more conservative and mercenary than it otherwise might have been, and while the primary factor in the public's deep skepticism of where Al is going is clearly fear about labor, association with polarizing Muskian politics probably doesn't help assuage ambient fears about job loss and surveillance. (One important consequence of having the AI elite gathered on X is that their media diets are now substantially made up of one another's posts, effusive and dismissive responses to their oren posts, and standard "For You" page Musk-era algo-slop.
It's hard to overstate how thoroughly their information diets are influenced by their timelines, and you can get a pretty good idea of what those look like by jacking into
AI Twitter yourself.)

Reposted byAlex Hern

Ryan Moulton@moultano.bsky.socialJan 5(source)

I want this site to beat twitter, and for twitter to evaporate. For that to happen, people you hate must have a more pleasant experience posting here than posting there. A minority of this site decided instead that they want it to be their little club, so that's what we have.

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJan 5(source)

An information request is the first step of an enforcement action here

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJan 5(source)

campaigning to add BAE to the ESG fund

Reposted byAlex Hern

Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.comDec 27(source)

I turned off history on YouTube years ago meaning that, when I open it, it just shows me a completely blank page, instead of algorithmic recommendations, and sometimes that makes me feel like I live in an alternate universe

Jacob Aron

@jjaron.bsky.social

Open post ↗

I find this incredibly jarring - personally, I watch very little on YouTube, and my children are banned from it. Unlike Netflix, Disney etc it's an uncurated swamp with a very real risk that you encounter the worst of the internet. How can that be the new Hollywood? www.ft.com/content/9e75...

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJan 5(source)

Initially read this and thought the painting was a photorealistic rendition of a sick kickflip

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJan 4(source)

The Next Generation series two (one is weird and not brilliant)

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJan 3(source)

Oh I love this

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJan 2(source)

Oh my god

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJan 2(source)

Eyyyyy

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJan 2(source)

This is good and a better Britain would have many more

Rhymer Rigby

@rhymerrigby.bsky.social

Open post ↗

For connoisseurs of utterly mental extensions on mundane houses (via reddit) www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJan 1(source)

Artificial inundation

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJan 1(source)

Holding everything in my head until it fails and I need to blow past a deadline to fix the mess I’ve made, like last year

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialDec 30(source)

Put me on Christmas university challenge

K M Flett

@keithbeard.bsky.social

Open post ↗

do you remember or know of socialist historian Eric Hobsbawm? Christmas University Challenge teams on 29th December didn't wp.me/p15p2Q-fQc

Reposted byAlex Hern

The Economist@economist.comDec 30(source)

We are looking for a writer with deep knowledge of American business. The successful candidate would be expected to produce original and ambitious journalism capable of holding the cover of The Economist. Interested? Apply by February 20th

Wanted: a new business writer

An opportunity to join the staff of The Economist

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialDec 30(source)

I’m a departmental head in a clandestine intergovernmental organisation. It’s my first day

Lisa Hirsch

@lisairontongue.bsky.social

Open post ↗

I'm the head magic teacher at a British boarding school. Emily Tesh, "The Incandescent"

A green square with white text reading: You are now forced to have the same job as the main character in the last book you read. What is the job?

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Sponsored Bills(16)

H.R. 5463 (119th)
Choice Arrangement
H.R. 5267 (119th)
American Franchise Act
H.R. 5142 (119th)
Home Health Stabilization Act of 2025
H. Res. 600 (119th)
Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
H. Res. 503 (119th)
Expressing support for the designation of June 11, 2025, as "World Franchise Day".

Cosponsored Bills(30)

H. Res. 1156 (119th)
Expressing support for tax policies that support working families.
Joined: 2026-04-14
H.R. 8101 (119th)
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the modification of the definition of a…
Joined: 2026-03-26
H.R. 7527 (119th)
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate the Hazardous Substance Superfund fi…
Joined: 2026-02-12
H.R. 7300 (119th)
Make Elections Great Again Act
Joined: 2026-01-30
H. Res. 920 (119th)
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act on Novem…
Joined: 2025-12-02

Leadership

No leadership roles

Committees

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Voting History

535 total votes

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Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.

Date	Bill	Question	Position	Party Maj	Align?	Result
2026-04-20	H.R. 1681 (119th)	Fast-track passage	NOT_VOTING	YES	—	Passed
2026-04-17	H. Res. 1175 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2026-04-17	H. Res. 1175 (119th)	Approve amendment	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2026-04-17	H. Res. 1175 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-04-16	H. Res. 1156 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-04-16	H.R. 1689 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-04-16	H. Res. 965 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-04-16	H.R. 6398 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-04-16	H.R. 6398 (119th)	Send back to committee	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-04-16	H.R. 6409 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-04-16	H.R. 6409 (119th)	Send back to committee	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-04-16	H. Con. Res. 40 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-04-15	H. Res. 965 (119th)	Motion to Discharge	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-04-15	H. Res. 1174 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-04-15	H. Res. 1174 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-04-14	H.R. 7613 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-04-14	H.R. 1011 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-03-28	H. Res. 1142 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-03-28	H. Res. 1142 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-03-28	—	Motion to Adjourn	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-03-27	H.R. 7084 (119th)	Final passage	NOT_VOTING	YES	—	Passed
2026-03-26	H.R. 8029 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-03-26	H.R. 8029 (119th)	Send back to committee	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-03-26	H. Res. 1128 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-03-25	H.R. 5103 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-03-25	H.R. 5103 (119th)	Send back to committee	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-03-25	H. Res. 1131 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-03-25	H. Res. 1131 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-03-24	H.R. 6422 (119th)	Fast-track passage	NO	YES	✕	Passed
2026-03-19	H.R. 4638 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-03-18	H.J. Res. 139 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2026-03-18	H.R. 1958 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-03-18	H.R. 556 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-03-18	H.R. 556 (119th)	Send back to committee	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-03-17	H. Res. 1115 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-03-17	H. Res. 1115 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-03-17	S. 3971 (119th)	Fast-track passage	NO	YES	✕	Passed
2026-03-17	H.R. 4294 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-03-05	H.R. 7744 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-03-05	H.R. 7744 (119th)	Send back to committee	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-03-05	H. Con. Res. 38 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-03-05	H. Res. 1099 (119th)	Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	NOT_VOTING	YES	—	Passed
2026-03-04	H. Res. 1100 (119th)	Motion to Refer	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-03-04	H.R. 6472 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-03-04	S. 723 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-03-04	H. Res. 1095 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-03-04	H. Res. 1095 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-02-25	H.R. 4758 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-02-25	H.R. 4758 (119th)	Send back to committee	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-02-24	H.R. 4626 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed

Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.

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