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| Senator Kenneth Corn
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State Senator Education: University of Oklahoma, Political Science, 2005 Legislative Experience: House Member, 1998 - 2002; Senate Member, 2002 - present Majority Caucus Chairman, 2005 Hometown: Howe, OK Party: Democratic |
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| State Senator Kenneth Corn was elected to the Oklahoma State Senate in 2002 at the age of twenty-five making him the second youngest state senator in state’s history and the current youngest serving senator. Prior to his election to the senate, Corn served tWo terms in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. He was elected to the House at the age of twenty-two which made him one of the youngest Oklahomans to serve in state’s history. Corn has had the distinction of serving on the leadership teams in both chambers of the legislature. In the House, Corn served as the Democratic Caucus Secretary and he currently serves as the Democratic Caucus Chairman in the State Senate. Corn was appointed as the first freshman lawmaker in thirty years to the vice-chair of a major committee in 1998, which was Revenue and Taxation. He later served as the chair of the Tourism and Recreation Committee in his last term in the House. Corn was tapped as the Chair of the Retirement and Group Health Committee in his first two years in the Senate overseeing billions of dollars in assets. He also serves as one of the state’s Pension Commissioners that has jurisdiction over all of the state’s retirement systems. Corn currently serves as the Chair of the Appropriations Sub-Committee on Public Safety and Judiciary. Corn has had significant and major accomplishments in the Oklahoma Legislature. He pushed through landmark legislation that provides health insurance benefits to Oklahoma educators, as well as the legislation bringing teachers’ salaries to the regional average. Corn was the author of the largest investment in the maintenance of Oklahoma’s roads and highways in state’s history in 2005. Corn passed legislation that paved the way for public and private partnership at one of Oklahoma’s premier lake and recreational areas. He has made major changes to the state’s retirement system to the benefit of state employees and retirees alike. Corn has also been a strong advocate for increased funding for public safety which has earned him praise from law enforcement officials all across Oklahoma. Corn was born in Poteau, Oklahoma in 1976 to Elester and Katy Corn. He graduated from Howe High School in 1996 and the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science in 2005. He was a member of the OU President’s Leadership Class, a Ruth Norman and United State Senate Youth Scholar. Corn is the only person to serve two terms as the State President of Future Business Leaders of America and one term as National President. He served on the National School-to-Work Advisory Council for the U.S. Departments of Education and Labor, as well as the National March of Dimes Youth Council. Corn worked as a legislative intern for Representative James Hamilton, the powerful House Appropriations Chairman and Former President Pro-Tempore of the Senate. Corn is a member of the American Council of Young Political Leaders where he has traveled to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and as one of only four U.S. political leaders to the Conference on Democracy in the Balkans. He also traveled to the People’s Republic of China in 1998 as a part of the OU Journey to China Exchange Program. Corn is a deacon in the First Christian Church of Heavener. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge and is a Shriner. Corn also serves on the Executive Council of the Indian Nations Council of the Boy Scouts of America and he is an Eagle Scout. He serves on the Board of the local chapter of the Red Cross. He is also a member of the National Rifle Association, Ducks Unlimited, National Wild Turkey Federation, Legislative Sportsmen Caucus, Leflore County Cattlemen Association, Farm Bureau and Oklahoma Farmers Union. He is a member of the Heavener, Poteau, Spiro, Sallisaw, and Roland Chambers of Commerce.
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