Oklahoma’s Second Congressional District has drawn the biggest field of aspiring GOP candidates this year.

Fourteen Republicans – including a state senator and  state representatives – will be on the June 28 primary ballot. Not surprisingly, only one Democrat and one Independent is running and therefore they both will advance to the November ballot.  That seat is open because incumbent Congressman Mark Wayne Mullen, R-Oklahoma, filed to run for one of Oklahoma’s seats in the U.S. Senate.

U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, was the only incumbent congressman in Oklahoma who didn’t draw a Republican primary opponent. In fact, only five Democrats filed for Congress – one in each of the state’s congressional districts.  Three Independents filed in Districts 1, 2 and 5.

Here is some information on congressional candidates.

U.S. Representative District 1

Republican

Kevin Hern

Kevin Hern won a special election in 2018 after former Rep. Jim Bridenstine resigned to become chief administrator of NASA. Hern won his first full term in 2020.

With a background in business, Hern worked as an aerospace engineer for Rockwell and later invested in a McDonald’s franchises after selling his hog farm. He and his family are members of the Church at Battle Creek.

Hern wants term limits for members of Congress. He supports a balanced budget and backed former President Trump. He is pro-life and he backs 2nd Amendment rights and the 1st Amendment right to Freedom of Speech.

Democrat

Adam Martin

Adam Martin, who is black, has a degree from Oklahoma State University.

He wants to expand Medicare to include dental, hearing, vision, mental health, substance abuse treatment, reproductive care and maternity care. He wants to expand government-funded early childhood education and free tuition for two-year state colleges and trade schools. Martin would raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour and do away with “right to work” laws. He would raise taxes on all corporations and raise Social Security benefits. He would ban rent increase and eliminate Trump’s tax cuts and add confiscatory taxation to rich people.

Independent

Evelyn Rogers

Evelyn Rogers has run before as a Republican. She is a librarian with degrees from the University of Oklahoma, ORU and University of La Verne. She attends Victory Christian Church. She got 3.6% of the vote in the GOP primary against Hern in 2020.

U.S. Representative District 2

Republican

John Bennett

John R. Bennett, Vian, represented District 2 in the Oklahoma House from 2010 to 2018. He was the first Republican to ever hold that seat. He was elected state chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party in 2021 and he just stepped aside to run for Congress.

He served in the United States Marine Corps, including several combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Bennett has also worked for the Sequoyah County Sheriff’s office and run his own small business.

Bennett has a degree in Communications from the University of Phoenix. After leaving the House, he became pastor of Lee Creek Assembly of God in Muldrow.

Dustin Roberts

State Rep. Justin Roberts, R-Durant, represents Durant. He was first elected in 2010 and will be term limited out this year.

After high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He and his wife own a small business. He is member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and his wife is a Chickasaw. He studied at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

Guy Barker

Guy Barker, Afton, is a petroleum engineer at Flying B and is secretary-treasurer of the Quapaw Nation of Oklahoma.

Clint Johnson

Clint Johnson, Tahlequah, has served in the United States Marine Corps. He has worked as a deputy in the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department and later in the office of the Cherokee County District Attorney as a narcotics’ agent.

Chris Schiller

Christ Schiller, Muskogee, is a pharmacist, a small business owner, patient advocate and conservative Christian. He has a pharmacy degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy and is a past president of the Oklahoma Pharmacists Association.

If elected, he would fight to end China’s control of imports into the United States, especially medications.

State Sen. Marty Quinn

Marty Quinn, Claremore, has a degree from Henderson State University in Arkansas. He has served in the Oklahoma Senate from 2010 to present, representing District 9.

Quinn was Senate Assistant Majority Leader in 2018 and Assistant Majority Whip in 2018. He is a deacon in the Blue Starr Church of Christ in Claremore. He owned an insurance company in Claremore until 2021

Johnny Teehee

Johnny Teehee is the Muskogee Chief of Police. He is a football coach and has coached in Muskogee and Vian. He and his wife are members of the Cherokee Nation and they attend First Baptist Church of Muskogee, where he teaches Sunday School. He is on the church’s International Mission Committee and has traveled abroad to Eastern Europe, China and other nations.

State Rep. Avery Frix

Avery Frix represents District 13 in Muskogee. He was first elected in 2016 and currently is in office. Frix is a builder and is chairman of the House Transportation Committee. He has a degree from OU. He and his wife own Broadway Market in Muskogee  Frix is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation. He supports the NRA and is a board member of Muskogee Habitat for Humanity.

Rhonda Hopkins

Rhonda Hopkins ran for Oklahoma House District 86 in 2016 and lost. She lives in Rose, Oklahoma.

David Derby

David Derby, Owasso, was a member of the Oklahoma House representing District 74 from 2006-2016. He chose not to seek a final term.

Derby earned his B.S. in Forensic Science from the University of Central Oklahoma. His professional experience includes being a forensic chemist for the Tulsa Police Department.

Pamela Gordon

Pamela Gordon earned a degree from East Central University in 1984 and a graduate degree from Southeastern Oklahoma State University in 1996

Wes Nofire

Wes Nofire is on the Cherokee Nation Council. He at one time was a nationally ranked boxer.

Erick P. Wyatt

Erick P. Wyatt, Kingston, graduated from Del City High School and is an U.S. Army veteran. He served 14 years. He took a medical retirement after serving four years in the U.S. Coast Guard.

Josh Brecheen

Josh Brecheen, Coalgate, is a former member of the Oklahoma State Senate, representing District 6 from 2010 to 2018.Breecheen earned his B.S. in agricultural communications and animal science from Oklahoma State University. At the time of his service in the state Senate, his professional experience included owning a quarter horse breeding operation, serving as a field representative for U.S. Senator Tom Coburn and owning a motivational speaking business, Breechen Keynotes and Seminars.

Democrat

Naomi Andrews

Naomi Andrews is the CD1 vice-chairwoman for the state Democratic Party. She has spent her career in communications and currently is the director of marketing and development for the Kingsley-Kleimann Group and executive director for the Center for Plain Language.

Independent

Bulldog Ben Robinson

Bulldog Ben Robinson, Muskogee, is a former member of the Oklahoma Senate (1989-2004). Back then, he was a Democrat.

U.S. Representative District 3

Republican

U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas

Frank Lucas, from Cheyenne, has represented Oklahoma District 3 (the largest geographic district in the state) since 2003. He has a degree from OSU. Before being elected to the U.S. House, he was a state representative from 1994-2003.

He is the ranking minority member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. He is also on the House Agriculture Committee.

Wade Burleson

Wade Burleson, from Enid, is a politician, writer, avocational historian, and retired pastor at the Emmanuel Enid church in Enid. Burleson was twice elected President of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, and served as a trustee for the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board.

Stephen Butler

Stephen Butler is from Yukon.

Democrat

Jeremiah Ross

Jeremiah Ross is an attorney from Oklahoma City. He is a former assistant attorney general for the Osage Nation. He has a law degree from Gonzaga University School of Law and an undergraduate degree from OU.

U.S. Representative District 4

Republican

U.S. Rep. Tom Cole

Tom Cole, from Moore, is the U.S. representative for Oklahoma’s 4th congressional district, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party and serves as Deputy Minority Whip. Since 2009, Cole has served on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, where he is Vice Ranking Member of the full committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS). He is an enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation.

James Taylor

James Taylor is  senior pastor of Christ’s Church of Norman. In addition to, clergyman and teaching duties, he has authored, “It’s Biblical, Not Political!,” which guides Christians on how to vote conservatively. He is also the producer of the DVD: “Critical Race Theory vs. The Bible” which exposes the lies of CRT being taught in the public education system.

He ran and lost to Cole in 2016, 2018 and 2020.

Frank W. Blacke

Frank W. Blacke is from Oklahoma City.

Democrat

Mary Brannon

Mary Brannon was a teacher in Oklahoma City Public Schools before she was for refusing to comply with the district’s mask mandate. She has lost to Cole several times.

U.S. Representative District 5

Republican

U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice

Stephanie Bice is running for a second term in Congress. She served in the Oklahoma Senate for six years before winning her seat in Congress in 2020. Before that, she worked in her family’s technology business and ran a marketing company.

Subrina Banks

Subrina Banks is a real estate agent in Edmond. She hosts a YouTube show called “Me, Myself and Liberty.”

Democrat

Joshua Harris-Till

Joshua Harris-Till formerly worked for U.S. Rep. Dan Boren and he was the president of Young Democrats of America. He ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2014 and 2016.

Independent

David K. Frosch

David K. Frosch lives in Oklahoma City.