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Republican representative for Oklahoma’s 1st district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Hern votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Hern’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
| Biden margin | Biden score | Biden plus-minus |
|---|---|---|
| Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s | How often Hern votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Hern’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-22.8% | 4.5% | -8.8 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Hern vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 23, 2022 | Providing appropriations for various federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023; updating the process of appointing and tallying presidential electors; providing money for humanitarian, security and economic assistance to Ukraine (225-201) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No |  | 3.1% | -3.1 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Allowing Puerto Rico to hold a referendum on whether to become a U.S. state, an independent country or a sovereign government (233-191) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.9% | -26.9 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 8, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state; includes an amendment allowing religious organizations to deny services or accomodations for same-sex weddings (258-169) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.7% | -11.7 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Requiring the Bureau of Prisons to provide incarcerated women with certain pregnancy-related care and limiting the use of solitary confinement for pregnant women (324-90) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 59.6% | -59.6 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.7% | -17.7 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.3% | -43.3 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 52.1% | -52.1 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.2% | -5.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Kevin Hern's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 25.8% | +74.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.0% | -10.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for local governments to train mental health professionals and send them instead of law enforcement officers to respond to emergencies involving people with behavioral health needs (223-206) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 77.6% | -77.6 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.7% | -1.7 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Aug. 12, 2022 | Allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices; extending Affordable Care Act subsidies; expanding tax credits for renewable and clean energy efforts; establishing a 15 percent corporate minimum tax; and other measures (220-207) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Kevin Hern's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 31.5% | ||
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Kevin Hern's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.7% | -9.7 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Kevin Hern's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.4% | +4.6 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.7% | -5.7 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.7% | -20.7 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 19, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.0% | -15.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 75.6% | -75.6 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.3% | -19.3 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.1% | -2.1 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 62.3% | -62.3 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Kevin Hern's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.0% | +8.0 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.3% | -2.3 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.1% | -17.1 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.6% | -35.6 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.3% | -2.3 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.3% | -15.3 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.8% | -15.8 |
| Feb. 9, 2022 | Imposing visa restrictions on foreign people found responsible for human rights violations related to someone's sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics (227-206) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 60.8% | -60.8 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 57.7% | -57.7 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.9% | -37.9 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.2% | -10.2 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.0% | -23.0 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.5% | -15.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2021 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (416-11) Kevin Hern's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.8% | -2.8 |
| July 22, 2021 | Increasing the number of and expediting the process for visas available to Afghans who worked on behalf of the U.S. government in Afghanistan (407-16) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.8% | -93.8 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.9% | -4.9 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Kevin Hern's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.4% | ||
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.4% | -3.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.6% | -27.6 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.0% | -4.0 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.8% | -11.8 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 74.0% | -74.0 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.1% | -51.1 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.4% | -15.4 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.8% | -7.8 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.2% | -8.2 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Kevin Hern's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Kevin Hern's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 69.9% | ||
| Average | 4.5% | 13.4% | -8.8 | |||
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