Kendra Horn

Kendra Horn
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Oklahoma's 5th district
In office
January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021
Preceded bySteve Russell
Succeeded byStephanie Bice
Personal details
Born
Kendra Suzanne Horn

(1976-06-09) June 9, 1976 (age 48)
Chickasha, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of Tulsa (BA)
Southern Methodist University (JD)

Kendra Suzanne Horn (born June 9, 1976) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 5th congressional district from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, her district included almost all of Oklahoma City.[1]

Horn defeated Republican incumbent Steve Russell in the 2018 election, in what many political analysts considered an upset victory. She was the first Democrat to represent the state's 5th congressional district in 44 years and the first Oklahoma Democrat elected to Congress in eight years. She was the first Democratic woman elected to the House from Oklahoma. Horn lost her 2020 re-election bid to Republican challenger Stephanie Bice, after serving one term. She is the most recent Democrat to represent Oklahoma in Congress.

She was the Democratic nominee in the Oklahoma Senate special election in 2022 losing to Markwayne Mullin.

  1. ^ "Kendra Horn's Biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved August 6, 2018.