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俄克拉荷马州联邦众议员凯文·赫恩（共和党）表示，选民希望他能在参议院推动SAVE美国法案，以接替国土安全部部长马克韦恩·马伦。
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在特朗普的大本营，一位角逐参议院席位的共和党人正困惑于为何未来可能的同僚们无法通过一项关键的选民身份证和公民身份核验法案。
俄克拉荷马州联邦众议员凯文·赫恩（共和党）周二晚在该州轻松赢得初选胜利，他在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示，选民不断向他提及的核心问题就是国会能否通过《保障美国选民资格（SAVE）美国法案》。
“他们说我们需要推进，你懂的，SAVE法案，”赫恩在初选选举日前说道，“我的意思是，这种呼声反复出现。”
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2025年9月11日，俄克拉荷马州联邦众议员凯文·赫恩（共和党）在美国国会大厦外与记者交谈。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-Roll Call, Inc 摄）
但该法案目前在参议院陷入停滞，所有民主党人都誓言将否决这项法案。一批共和党议员也曾以各种形式投票反对该法案。
“我实在不明白为什么（共和党参议员不支持这项法案），”赫恩说，“我理解民主党人为什么不支持，他们反对任何能保护美国的举措。”
赫恩已在众议院任职五届，并晋升为众议院共和党领导层第四高位的众议院共和党政策委员会主席。在前众议院议长凯文·麦卡锡（加州共和党）被罢免时，他也曾参选众议院议长一职。
他决定离开众议院角逐参议院席位，是在唐纳德·特朗普总统提名 fellow 俄克拉荷马州人、国土安全部部长马克韦恩·马伦领导国土安全部之后。
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自今年早些时候宣布参选以来，赫恩已获得多位参议员和特朗普的大量背书，特朗普称赞这位议员“得到了俄克拉荷马州最勇猛的‘让美国再次伟大’支持者的坚定支持，以及美国参议院最受尊敬的领袖们的认可！”
赫恩清楚俄克拉荷马州是特朗普的大本营，他指出当地选民“热爱总统，他们为我支持总统、与总统合作感到高兴”。
鉴于特朗普曾三次赢得该州——包括该州全部77个县的支持，赫恩在11月的大选中不太可能面临来自该州六名民主党候选人之一的强劲挑战。
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2026年6月11日，唐纳德·特朗普总统在华盛顿白宫椭圆形办公室签署公告时发表讲话。（吉姆·洛·斯卡利/EPA/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社 摄）
但这并不意味着他打算在11月前坐享其成。赫恩自幼家中没有室内 plumbing，他表示自己深知工作和准备的价值。正是这份品质让他在俄克拉荷马州建立了自己的麦当劳特许经营帝国，拥有24家餐厅——他的商界经历也为他赢得了“麦当劳国会议员”的绰号。
“我只是尊重工作的意义，我认为努力工作让你有机会与任何人竞争，”赫恩说，“所以参议院竞选也是同样的道理。我从一开始就全力以赴，定下了基调。”
“总统（在参选最初48小时内就背书了我），因为我过去八年的工作，”他继续说道，“我认为这可以归结为工作和努力奋斗这个共同的理念。”
如果在11月大选中获胜，赫恩并未排除谋求参议院共和党领导层职位的可能性。
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赫恩表示，在他的整个商界生涯中，他总会告诉别人，“如果你坐等机会上门，才开始努力工作，那就太晚了，因为还有像我这样从 proverbial 停车场起步的人。”
“我们有些人已经处于有利位置，以为自己准备好担任领导职务了，而我正从他们身边跑过，他们会说，‘这家伙是谁？’而我就是这样一个一直努力工作、布局规划、建立人脉的人，”赫恩说，“我认为这对未来很重要，我们拭目以待有什么职位空缺。”
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Trump-backed ‘McCongressman’ wins Oklahoma Senate primary, vows push for stalled SAVE Act
June 16, 2026 9:09pm EDT / Fox News
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Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., says voters crave the SAVE America Act in his for the Senate to replace DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
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Deep in Trump country, a Republican vying for a seat in the Senate is wondering why his possible future colleagues can’t pass a key voter ID and citizenship verification bill.
Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., cruised to a primary victory Tuesday night in the Sooner State, where he told Fox News Digital in an interview that the one thing he hears from voters constantly is whether Congress will pass the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act.
“They’re saying we need to work on, you know, the SAVE Act,” Hern said ahead of primary Election Day. “I mean, this is time and time again.”
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Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., talks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 11, 2025.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)
But the legislation has been stuck in the Senate, where all Democrats have vowed to block it. A cohort of Republicans have voted against the bill in various forms, too.
“This is something I’m not real sure why [Republican senators are not supporting,” Hern said. “I understand why Democrats don’t support it. They don’t support anything that protects America.”
Hern has served five terms in the House, where he’s moved up the chain into the fourth-highest role in House GOP leadership as House Republican Policy chair. He also ran for Speaker of the House when former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was ousted.
His decision to leave the House and seek a seat in the Senate came after President Donald Trump nominated fellow Oklahoman, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, to lead the DHS.
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Since jumping into the race earlier this year, Hern has amassed a bevy of endorsements from senators and Trump, who lauded the lawmaker as being “strongly supported by the fiercest MAGA Warriors in Oklahoma, and the most Highly Respected Leaders in the United States Senate!”
And Hern knows that Oklahoma is Trump country, noting that voters there “love the president. They love the fact that I support the president and I work with the president.”
Hern likely won’t face strong headwinds in November against one of a half dozen Democratic candidates seeking the nomination in the Sooner State, given that Trump has won the state — and all 77 of its counties — three times.
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President Donald Trump spoke during a proclamation signing in the Oval Office of the White House on June 11, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
That doesn’t mean he intends to rest on his laurels until November. Hern, who grew up without indoor plumbing, said he knows the value of work and preparation. It’s what landed him his own McDonald’s franchise empire in Oklahoma, where he owned 24 restaurants — his past life in business also earned him the nickname “McCongressman.”
“I just respect the idea of work. I think working hard gives you a chance to compete with anybody,” Hern said. “And so, same thing with the Senate race. I came out strong, set a tone from day one.”
“The president [endorsed me in the first 48 hours because of the work I’ve done over the last eight years,” he continued. “And I think it goes back to that common word of work and working hard.”
And if successful in November, Hern isn’t shutting down the option of seeking a spot in Senate GOP leadership.
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Hern said that throughout his business career he would tell anyone that “if you wait till something comes available, and you start working hard, it’s too late because there are other people like me that have started out in the proverbial parking lot.”
“We’ve got people on third base who think they’re ready to be in leadership, and I’m running right past them, and they say, ‘Who’s this guy?’ And it’s a guy like me that’s just been working hard, positioning, building relationships,” Hern said. “And I think that’s important going forward, and we’ll see what comes open.”
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.