1. Kenneth Corn was born on October 8,1976 and is a former member of the Oklahoma Senate, representing an electoral district that includes Sequoyah and LeFlore counties.
22 Facts About Kenneth Corn
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Kenneth Corn served as caucus chair for the Democratic caucus in the Oklahoma Senate.
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Kenneth Corn previously served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002 and served as the Democratic caucus secretary.
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Kenneth Corn ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma losing to Republican Todd Lamb on November 2,2010.
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Kenneth Corn served as City Manager of Anadarko, Oklahoma, from 2015 to 2022 when he accepted an appointment to serve as the United States Department of Agriculture State Director for Rural Development in Oklahoma by President Joe Biden.
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Kenneth Corn served in a number of national civic organizations and on the National School-to-Work Advisory Council for the US departments of education and labor.
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Kenneth Corn was the State President of Future Business Leaders of America and served as National President during his senior year in high school.
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Kenneth Corn worked as a legislative intern for James E Hamilton, the appropriations chairman of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and former President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.
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Kenneth Corn served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002.
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Kenneth Corn was 22 at the time of his election and one of the youngest Oklahomans elected to serve in the State House in the state's history.
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Kenneth Corn later served as chair of the committee on Tourism and Recreation.
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Kenneth Corn was appointed as Chair of the Senate Approriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and Judiciary.
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Kenneth Corn authored a resolution to put a state question on the ballot that would create an emergency road fund.
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In 2005, Kenneth Corn was the principal architect in the Senate for the largest investment in roads and bridges in state history at the time.
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Kenneth Corn was appointed to serve as City Manager of Anadarko, Oklahoma, on March 31,2005.
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Kenneth Corn announced on January 21,2009, he would seek the Oklahoma Democratic Party's nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma as part of the 2010 state elections.
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Kenneth Corn was the only Democrat to file for office and received the Democratic nomination without opposition.
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On November 2,2010, Kenneth Corn lost the election to Todd Lamb, nominee of the Oklahoma Republican Party.
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On February 24,2022, Kenneth Corn was appointed to serve as the United States Department of Agriculture State Director for Rural Development in Oklahoma by President Joe Biden.
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Kenneth Corn is an Eagle Scout and a member of the National Association of Eagle Scouts.
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Kenneth Corn is a member of the American Council of Young Political Leaders where he has represented the United States on exchanges to Vietnam and the Euro-Asia Conference on Democracy.
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Kenneth Corn has worked as an adjunct professor with Carl Albert State College.