20 facts to take to the ballot box

Dennis Baker

• 1     Dennis Baker is an Oklahoma Democrat, born and raised in Oklahoma. Dennis earned a Law Degree from the University of Tulsa.

• 2     Dennis has a career in public service and National Security as an FBI Special Agent.

• 3     Dennis states, "Hern does not use this office to pass Bills that improve the lives of Oklahomans, but to vote NO on Bills that do."

• 4     Dennis states, "I saw the attacks on our Capitol unfold and how Hern supported it with his vote. It's why I'm running to defeat Hern."

• 5     Dennis states, "Hern voted NO to Trump's impeachments and placed his MAGA agenda and loyalty to Trump over loyalty to his country."

• 6     Dennis states, "My first fight in Congress will be to pass the Bipartisan Border Security Bill, end chaos at the border, & stop fentanyl trafficking."

• 7     Dennis states, "I support the 40,602 American Veterans in our District and the Honoring our PACT Act that expands healthcare for Veterans."

• 8     Dennis states, "I'll protect Social Security and ensure the age to receive benefits is not raised and Medicare covers more and costs less."

• 9     Dennis states, "Hern is anti-Union. I support Unions & the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) and will work to enact it into law."

• 10    Dennis supports workers earning a living wage and raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to meet the cost of living.

• 11    Dennis states, "The Paycheck Protection Program was help for small businesses, not big franchises. What Hern did was unethical & wrong.

• 12    Dennis states, "It's the height of hypocrisy for Hern to have his $1 million PPP loan forgiven but vote against helping 49,500 students in CD-1."

• 13    Dennis supports the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill passed by Democrats & bringing Oklahoma $1.4 billion for roads, bridges, & clean water.

• 14    Dennis supports the Inflation Reduction Act that lowers Medicare prescription drug costs & is rebuilding manufacturing like the $1 billion solar cell plant coming to the Tulsa Port of Inola.

• 15    Dennis states, "The 41,383 federal employees in Oklahoma deserve fair wages & benefits. I support the Preventing a Patronage System Act so they can't be fired for political reasons."

• 16    Dennis opposes Hern's support of Putin's aggression in Ukraine. Dennis fully supports U.S. military aid to Ukraine & their fight for democracy.

• 17    Dennis fully supports NATO as vital for America's security & to stop Putin's aggression. Our support of NATO is the cost of peace and democracy. 

• 18    Dennis supports the Women's Health Protection Act and our right and freedom to make our own decisions about our medical care.

• 19    Dennis supports the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act. Election Day should be a federal holiday and gerrymandering should be outlawed.

• 20    Dennis supports the Respect for Marriage Act and the right to marry whomever we choose.

Kevin Hern

• 1     Kevin Hern is a MAGA Republican, endorsed by Trump, born in Missouri, raised in Arkansas. He has an MBA from the University of Arkansas.

• 2     Hern has a career operating McDonald's hamburger franchises in Arkansas & Oklahoma.

• 3     Hern was first elected to Congress in 2018. He is the primary sponsor of only one Bill that was enacted. He named a Post Office in Owasso.

• 4     Just hours after the Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021, Hern voted to overturn the 2020 Presidential election results.

• 5     In 2019 & 2021, Hern voted NO to impeaching Trump for unlawfully soliciting Ukrainian authorities and incitement of insurrection.

• 6     In 2024, Hern and MAGA politicians blocked the Bipartisan Border Security Bill so they could use the chaos at the border to get re-elected.

• 7     In 2022, Hern voted NO to the Honoring our PACT Act that expanded healthcare for 3.5 million American Veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.

• 8     Hern is working to raise the age to receive Social Security and cut Medicare as outlined in his Republican Study Committee (RSC) budget plan.

• 9     In 2020 and again in 2021, Hern stood against Unions by voting NO to the PRO Act which protects workers and their right to organize.

• 10    Hern is against raising the federal minimum wage and stated to do so would "hurt workers." The minimum wage was last raised in 2009.

• 11    In 2020, Hern took $1 million in Paycheck Protection Plan (PPP) tax dollars for his McDonald's franchises. He didn't pay it back.

• 12    In 2023, Hern voted YES to block student loan relief. Hern called the Supreme Court's ruling that blocked student loan relief, "awesome."

• 13    In 2021, Hern voted NO to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and for funding to fix our levees protecting our District's homes & businesses.

• 14    In 2021, Hern voted NO to the Inflation Reduction Act that will save the government $98.5 billion in prescription drug costs over 10 years and is bringing skilled Union jobs to Tulsa.

• 15    Hern and his RSC budget plan will reinstate political patronage and cut federal workers' pay and benefits. Hern voted NO to the Preventing a Patronage Systems Act.

• 16    Hern does not support U.S. military aid for Ukraine. Hern voted YES to a House amendment to stop funds for security assistance for Ukraine.

• 17    In 2024, Hern gave Putin a gift. Hern voted YES to defund NATO. On a 2022 Resolution in Congress, Hern voted NO to reaffirming NATO support.

• 18    In 2021, Hern voted NO to the Women's Health Protection Act & against our freedom to make our own decisions about our medical care.

• 19    In 2022, Hern voted NO to the John R. Lewis Voting Right Act which outlaws gerrymandering and makes Election Day a federal holiday.

• 20    In 2022, Hern voted NO to the Respect for Marriage Act & protection for same-sex marriage.