Markwayne Mullin born July 26, is an American businessman and politician who has served as the junior United States senator from Oklahoma since A member of the Republican Party , he was elected in a special election in to serve the remainder of Jim Inhofe 's term. Mullin is the first Native American U. In , Mullin received an associate's degree in construction technology from Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. In June , incumbent U.
Representative Dan Boren announced that he would retire at the end of from his 2nd Congressional District seat. A businessman. Not a politician! The district had historically been a "Yellow Dog" Democratic constituency, but had steadily trended Republican as Democrats lost ground with Southeast Oklahoma's rural whites.
For this reason, Mullin was thought to have a good chance of winning the election. When he first ran for Congress in , Mullin promised to serve only three terms six years , but in July he released a video announcing that he would run for a fourth term in , saying he was ill-advised when he made the promise to only serve three terms.
In , Mullin won the Republican primary with In April , Mullin drew criticism when he was recorded during a town hall meeting telling his constituents that it was "bullcrap" that taxpayers pay his salary. He said, "I pay for myself. I paid enough taxes before I got here and continue to through my company to pay my own salary. This is a service. No one here pays me to go.
In a report, [ 34 ] the U. House Ethics Committee said that "Mullin made a good faith effort to seek the Committee's informal guidance on numerous issues with respect to his family business. In , Mullin introduced resolutions to remove the first and second impeachments of President Trump from the Congressional Record. Capitol Police build barricades and protect the doors to the House Chamber from the rioters. He and many of his colleagues were later ushered to a secure location, where he declined offers to wear a mask, in violation of House rules.
