Markwayne Mullin
Official portrait, 2022
United States Secretary of Homeland Security
Nominee
Assuming office
TBD
President Donald Trump
Succeeding Kristi Noem
United States Senator
from Oklahoma
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
Serving with James Lankford
Preceded by Jim Inhofe
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Oklahoma's 2nd district
In office
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by Dan Boren
Succeeded by Josh Brecheen
Personal details
Born (1977-07-26) July 26, 1977 (age 48)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Citizenship American
Cherokee Nation
Party Republican
Spouse
Christie Rowan
​
(m. 1997)​
Children 6
Education Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology (AAS)
Website Senate website
Campaign website
Markwayne Mullin's voice
Markwayne Mullin questions witnesses on U.S. global leadership and military presence.
Recorded February 15, 2023

Markwayne Mullin (born July 26, 1977) is an American politician and businessman who has served as Oklahoma's junior United States senator since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in a special election in 2022 to serve the remainder of Jim Inhofe's term.

A member of the Cherokee Nation, Mullin is the first Native American U.S. senator since Ben Nighthorse Campbell retired in 2005. He is also the second Cherokee citizen elected to the Senate since 1925. From 2013 to 2023, Mullin served as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district.

On March 5, 2026, President Donald Trump nominated Mullin as the secretary of homeland security to replace Kristi Noem.[1]

Early life, education, and businesses

Mullin was born on July 26, 1977, in Tulsa, Oklahoma,[2] the youngest of the seven children of Jim Martin Mullin and Brenda Gayle Morris Mullin, of Westville, Oklahoma.[3] His first name is a tribute to two of his paternal uncles, Mark and Wayne; his mother put both names on his birth certificate, intending to later shorten his name to one of the two, but never did.[4][5][6]

He graduated from Stilwell High School in Stilwell, Oklahoma.[7] He attended Missouri Valley College but left at age 20 to take over the family business, Mullin Plumbing, after his father fell ill.[8] He earned an associate degree in construction technology from Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology in 2010.[2][9]

At the time he was first elected to Congress in 2012, Mullin hosted House Talk, a home improvement radio program syndicated across Oklahoma, on Tulsa station KFAQ.[10] He also owned various businesses in addition to Mullin Plumbing including Mullin Properties, Mullin Farms, and Mullin Services.[11]

In 2012, Mullen reported between $200,000 and $2 million in income from two family companies, and another $15,000 to $50,000 from shares he held in a bank.[12] By the end of 2021, his reported assets had increased to between $31.6 million and $75.6 million.[13] The increase was from the sale of his plumbing-related companies to HomeTown Services.[13] Mullin stated that the sale happened in early 2021, while he was serving in the House of Representatives.[14]

U.S. House of Representatives

Congressman Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), along with two of the other (at the time four) Native American Members of Congress, Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids, testified in front of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measurers, March 4, 2020

Elections

2012

See also: 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma § District 2

In June 2011, incumbent U.S. representative Dan Boren announced that he would retire at the end of 2012 from his 2nd Congressional District seat.[15] In September 2011, Mullin declared his candidacy for the seat.[16] He branded himself as an outsider; his campaign slogan was "A rancher. A businessman. Not a politician!"[17] In the six-candidate Republican primary, Mullin finished first with 42% of the vote; state representative George Faught ranked second with 23% of the vote.[18] As a majority is required to win a congressional nomination in Oklahoma, a runoff was held; Mullin defeated Faught, 57%–43%.[19]

The district had historically been a Yellow Dog Democrat 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.[citation needed] He defeated the Democratic nominee, former district attorney Rob Wallace, 57%–38%.[20] Mullin was the first Republican to represent the district since Tom Coburn in 2001, and only the second in a century.[21]

2014

See also: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma § District 2

In 2014, Mullin was reelected with 70% of the vote, defeating Democrat Earl Everett, who received 24.6%.[22]

2016

See also: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma § District 2

In the June 2016 Republican primary, Mullin defeated Jarrin Jackson by 27 percentage points.[23] In the November general election, he defeated Democrat Joshua Harris-Till by 47 percentage points.[24]

2018

See also: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma § District 2

When he first ran for Congress in 2012, Mullin promised to serve only three terms (six years), but in July 2017, he released a video announcing that he would run for a fourth term in 2018, saying he was ill-advised when he made the promise to only serve three terms.[25] After he reneged on this promise, former U.S. senator Tom Coburn said he would work to oust Mullin from office.[23] Mullin won a four-way Republican primary with 54% of the vote, and was reelected in November with 65% of the vote.[26][27]

2020

See also: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma § District 2

In 2020, Mullin won the Republican primary with 79.9% of the vote and was reelected in November with 75% of the vote.[28][29]

Tenure

Mullin during the
113th Congress

In April 2017, 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."[30] As of 2022, Mullin still collects the U.S. Congress base salary of $174,000.[31]

In a 2018 report,[32] the U.S. 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." But the committee noted that Congressional ethics rules prohibit members of Congress from endorsing products or services, particularly if they personally benefit financially from the endorsement.[14]

In August 2022, he came out against President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan, but subsequently received criticism after the White House Twitter account pointed out that Mullin had benefited from $1.4 million of federal PPP loan forgiveness.[33][34][35][36][37][38]

In 2022, Mullin introduced resolutions to remove the first and second impeachments of President Trump from the Congressional Record.[39] House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik supported the resolution.[40] At the time, the House had a Democratic majority and the resolution did not pass.[41]

January 2021 Capitol attack

During the January 6 United States Capitol attack, Mullin and Representatives Troy Nehls (a former sheriff and Army veteran) and Pat Fallon (an Air Force veteran) helped U.S. Capitol Police build barricades and protect the doors to the House Chamber from the rioters.[42] 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.[43][44] Mullin said that he witnessed the shooting of Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt during the attack, which occurred after she climbed through a barricade leading toward the House Chamber; Mullin said the Capitol police officer had no choice but to shoot, and that this action saved people's lives, with members of Congress and their staff in danger from the mob.[45][46][47][48]

In January 2025, although Mullin had said that Capitol rioters who committed violent crimes "need to pay for that", upon being asked about Trump's pardon of Capitol attack defendants, he replied: "Well, are we making a big deal about the pardons that Biden put in place? That'd be worse."[49]

August 2021 Afghanistan plan

In August 2021, during the final days of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Mullin and several other Americans flew to Greece and asked the U.S. Defense Department for permission to continue to Kabul, Afghanistan. Mullin planned to rent a helicopter to fly an unidentified family of U.S. citizens out of Afghanistan. At that time, the U.S. was in the process of evacuating 124,000 people out of Afghanistan as Taliban forces retook the country. The Defense Department refused Mullin's group's request.[50][51][52] On August 30, Mullin telephoned the U.S. embassy in Tajikistan and asked officials there for immediate assistance in entering Dushanbe, Tajikistan, for the same purpose. Dushanbe is 150 miles (242 km) north of Kunduz, Afghanistan. Because Mullin planned to bring in a large sum of money for the helicopter rental, the plan was deemed to violate Tajikistan's currency importation restrictions. Embassy staffers therefore refused to help. Mullin's group ultimately did not visit the region.[53]

The U.S. State Department had warned Mullin not to try to rescue Americans in Afghanistan, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy had both urged members of Congress to avoid travel to Afghanistan during the final days of the U.S. military presence.[54]

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

  • Republican Study Committee[58]
  • Congressional Western Caucus[59]
  • Congressional Coalition on Adoption[60]
  • Rare Disease Caucus[61]
  • Congressional Taiwan Caucus[62]

U.S. Senate

Further information: 2022 United States Senate special election in Oklahoma

In February 2022, U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe announced he would resign from his seat at the end of the 117th United States Congress on January 3, 2023, necessitating a special election to fill the remainder of his term. Mullin announced that he would run in the special election.[63]

In a field of 13 candidates that included Scott Pruitt and Nathan Dahm, Mullin received the most votes with 44%, short of the 50% required to avoid a runoff. He faced former state House Speaker T. W. Shannon, who received 18%, in the runoff election on August 23.[64] Mullin defeated Shannon in the runoff,[65] and faced the Democratic nominee, former 5th District Congresswoman Kendra Horn, in the November 8 general election; Mullin defeated Horn with 61.8% of the vote.[66]

Tenure

2023

Teamsters confrontation

On March 8, 2023, Mullin accused Teamsters president Sean O'Brien of "intimidation" during a Senate HELP Committee hearing on the PRO Act, claiming that O'Brien was forcing union members to pay dues and alleging that union leaders had attempted to unionize his plumbing business. When Mullin asked about O'Brien's salary and compared it to what he claimed UPS drivers made, on average, in 2019, O'Brien responded, "that's inaccurate", and told Mullin he simply "negotiates the contract". O'Brien then said that Mullin's questioning was "out of line", to which Mullin responded, "shut your mouth". O'Brien went on to mock Mullin, calling him a "tough guy" and "greedy CEO" before committee chair Bernie Sanders ended the spat by banging the gavel and instructing Mullin to "stay on the issue."[67][68]

On June 26, Mullin challenged O'Brien to a fight for charity via Twitter in response to an earlier tweet by O'Brien.[69] On November 14, when O'Brien again appeared before the committee, Mullin challenged him to fight, saying, "you want to run your mouth? We can be two consenting adults, we can finish it here" and demanding that O'Brien "stand [his] butt up". This came after Mullin read aloud a tweet of O'Brien's, posted in June, in which he called Mullin a "cowboy," told him to "quit the tough guy act," and invited Mullin to find him "anyplace, anytime;" after Mullin stood up from his seat and began moving toward O'Brien, Sanders broke up the argument, saying: "No, no, sit down! Sit down! You're a United States senator!"[70]

On November 15, Mullin justified his actions in an interview, saying: "It's silly. It's stupid. But every now and then, you need to get punched in the face."[71][72] When asked whether any Senate rules allow for "two consenting adults" to "duke it out," Mullin claimed that lawmakers used to be able to "cane," referring to Representative Preston Brooks's 1856 beating of Senator Charles Sumner.[71][72] Since this intense interaction, the two have reconciled with encouragement from Donald Trump, become friends, and now speak on the phone every few weeks.[73] This renewed relationship reportedly influenced O'Brien's decision not to endorse the Democratic ticket in 2024.[74]

2025

One Big Beautiful Bill

In 2025, Mullin voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill championed by the Trump administration after it passed the House. It was a major tax bill, the key part being to reinstate tax cuts, remove certain taxes, and pass major parts of the Republican Agenda that Trump campaigned on in 2024. It was disapproved by Democrats though because the bill cuts funding for Medicaid and adds a work requirement for those receiving benefits.[75] Some Oklahoma doctors spoke out against the cuts to Medicaid.[76] Many Libertarians disapproved of the bill because it added $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and a projected $3.3 trillion to the national debt over a decade.[77][78]

Committee assignments

  • Committee on Appropriations
    • Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
    • Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
    • Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
    • Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
    • Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch (Chair)
    • Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
  • Committee on Armed Services
    • Subcommittee on Airland
    • Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
    • Subcommittee on Seapower
  • Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
    • Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety (Chair)
    • Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security
  • Committee on Indian Affairs

Political positions

2020 presidential election results

When campaigning for the 2022 United States Senate special election in Oklahoma, Mullin endorsed the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump.[79]

Abortion

Mullin supports making abortion illegal in all circumstances, including cases of rape, incest, or if the mother's life is at risk. During the 2022 Republican runoff debate, he stated that if his wife's life was at risk during a pregnancy, neither he nor his wife would want to get an abortion.[80]

Regulation of mixed martial arts

Mullin wants to extend federal boxing regulations to the practices of mixed martial arts businesses such as the Ultimate Fighting Championship.[81] His 2016 proposed legislation would have forced the UFC to share financial information with fighters and create an independent ranking system.[82] Mullin reportedly planned to reintroduce the Ali Expansion Act as a senator in 2023.[83]

Transgender rights

On December 10, 2020, Mullin and U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard introduced the Protect Women's Sports Act, a bill to define Title IX protections on the basis of an individual's biological sex, making it a violation for institutions that receive federal funding to "permit a person whose biological sex at birth is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls". This bill would effectively ban many transgender athletes from participating in government-sponsored programs corresponding with their gender identity.[84][85][86]

Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)

Mullin voted against reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act in 2013.[87][88] His vote drew criticism from other Cherokee citizens in Indian Country Today.[88]

Immigration and border security

Mullin has supported stricter immigration enforcement throughout his time in Congress. On his Senate website, he called for completing the border wall, reinstating the Remain in Mexico policy, and ending what he described as incentives that contribute to unauthorized border crossings.[89]

He championed the immigration enforcement provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which allocated $46 billion toward border wall construction and funded up to 10,000 new ICE agents and related personnel.[90] The bill also provided over $170 billion for immigration and border enforcement activities overall and included provisions that immigration advocates said would override protections in the Flores Settlement Agreement, which limits how long immigrant children can be detained.[91]

In 2025, Mullin publicly defended ICE agents amid what he called a sharp rise in threats against them, blaming the increase on Democratic politicians.[92] He was described by the Chicago Sun-Times as one of President Trump's closest allies in the Senate on immigration, having served as an intermediary between the White House and congressional Republicans during negotiations over border security legislation.[93]

Personal life

Mullin and his wife, Christie Renee Rowan, live in Westville, a few miles from the Arkansas border, and have six children,[2] including twin girls adopted in August 2013.[3]

Between November 2006 and April 2007, Mullin fought in three mixed martial arts competitions, winning all three.[94][95]

Mullin is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation,[96] and one of four Native Americans serving in the 119th Congress.[a] He is the first Native American senator elected to Congress since Ben Nighthorse Campbell retired in 2005,[99][100] and the second Cherokee Nation citizen elected to the Senate (after Robert Latham Owen, a U.S. senator representing Oklahoma from 1907 to 1925).[101]

In 2021, Mullin reported that his personal assets were between $31.6 million and $75.6 million.[102]

Mullin can often be seen bouncing a pink bouncy-ball through the halls of the Capitol building. He says the practice that he has kept up since middle school “keeps [him] in a rhythm.”[103]

Electoral history

2012

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Markwayne Mullin 12,008 42.4
Republican George Faught 6,582 23.2
Republican Dakota Wood 3,479 12.3
Republican Dustin Rowe 2,871 10.1
Republican Wayne Pettigrew 2,479 8.8
Republican Dwayne Thompson 901 3.2
Total votes 28,320 100.0
Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district, 2012[104]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Markwayne Mullin 143,701 57.3
Democratic Rob Wallace 96,081 38.3
Independent Michael G. Fulks 10,830 4.3
Total votes 250,612 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

2014

Republican primary results[105]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Markwayne Mullin (incumbent) 26,245 79.7
Republican Darrell Robertson 6,673 20.3
Total votes 32,918 100.0
2014 Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district general election[106]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Markwayne Mullin (incumbent) 110,925 70.0
Democratic Earl Everett 38,964 24.6
Independent Jon Douthitt 8,518 5.4
Total votes 158,407 100.0
Republican hold

2016

Republican primary results[107]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Markwayne Mullin (incumbent) 20,065 63.4
Republican Jarrin Jackson 11,580 36.6
Total votes 31,645 100.0
Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district, 2016[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Markwayne Mullin (incumbent) 189,839 70.6
Democratic Joshua Harris-Till 62,387 23.2
Independent John McCarthy 16,644 6.2
Total votes 268,870 100.0
Republican hold

2018

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Markwayne Mullin (incumbent) 32,624 54.1
Republican Jarrin Jackson 15,191 25.2
Republican Brian Jackson 6,899 11.5
Republican John McCarthy 5,536 9.2
Total votes 60,250 100.0
Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district, 2018[citation needed]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Markwayne Mullin (incumbent) 140,451 65.0
Democratic Jason Nichols 65,021 30.1
Independent John Foreman 6,390 3.0
Libertarian Richard Castaldo 4,140 1.9
Total votes 216,002 100.0
Republican hold

2020

Republican primary results[108]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Markwayne Mullin (incumbent) 53,149 79.9
Republican Joseph Silk 8,445 12.7
Republican Rhonda Hopkins 4,917 7.4
Total votes 66,511 100.0
Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district, 2020[109]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Markwayne Mullin (incumbent) 216,511 75.0
Democratic Danyell Lanier 63,472 22.0
Libertarian Richie Castaldo 8,544 3.0
Total votes 288,527 100.0
Republican hold

2022

2022 Oklahoma United States Senate Republican special primary[110]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Markwayne Mullin 156,087 43.62%
Republican T. W. Shannon 62,746 17.53%
Republican Nathan Dahm 42,673 11.92%
Republican Luke Holland 40,353 11.28%
Republican Scott Pruitt 18,052 5.04%
Republican Randy Grellner 15,794 4.41%
Republican Laura Moreno 6,597 1.84%
Republican Jessica Jean Garrison 6,114 1.71%
Republican Alex Gray (withdrew) 3,063 0.86%
Republican John F. Tompkins 2,332 0.65%
Republican Adam Holley 1,873 0.52%
Republican Michael Coibion 1,261 0.35%
Republican Paul Royse 900 0.25%
Total votes 357,845 100.0%
2022 Oklahoma United States Senate Republican special primary runoff[111]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Markwayne Mullin 183,118 65.08%
Republican T. W. Shannon 98,246 34.92%
Total votes 281,364 100.0%
2022 United States Senate special election in Oklahoma[112]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Markwayne Mullin 710,643 61.8%
Democratic Kendra Horn 405,389 35.2%
Libertarian Robert Murphy 17,386 1.5%
Independent Ray Woods 17,063 1.5% N/A
Total votes 1,150,481 100%
Republican hold

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
3 matches 3 wins 0 losses
By knockout 1 0
By submission 2 0
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 3-0 Clinton Bonds TKO (punches) XFL - Xtreme Fighting League April 7, 2007 2 1:27 Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Win 2-0 Clinton Bonds Submission (Armbar) XFL - SuperBrawl February 3, 2007 2 1:13 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Win 1-0 Bobby Kelley Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) XFL - Xtreme Fighting League November 11, 2006 1 0:46 Miami, Oklahoma, United States

Notes

  1. ^ The others are Tom Cole (Chickasaw Nation),[97] Josh Brecheen (Choctaw Nation),[98] and Sharice Davids (Ho-Chunk Nation).

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