Kenneth Corn
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| Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 4th district |
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In office November 2002 – November 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Larry Dickerson |
| Succeeded by | Mark Allen |
| Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 3rd district |
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In office 1998–2002 |
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October 8, 1976 Poteau, Oklahoma |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Howe, Oklahoma |
| Alma mater | University of Oklahoma |
Kenneth Corn (born October 8, 1976) is a former member of the Oklahoma Senate, representing an electoral district that includes Sequoyah and Le Flore counties. He served as caucus chair for the Democratic caucus in the Oklahoma Senate. He previously served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002 and served as the Democratic caucus secretary. He ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma losing to Republican Todd Lamb on November 2, 2010.
Corn was born October 8, 1976, to Elester and Katy Corn in Poteau, Oklahoma. A Howe High School graduate, he earned his bachelor's in 2005 from the University of Oklahoma. Corn served in a number of national civic organizations and on the National School-to-Work Advisory Council for the U.S. departments of education and labor. He worked as a legislative intern for James Hamilton, the appropriations chairman of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and former President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.
Corn served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002. He was 22 at the time of his election. During his tenure, he was appointed the first freshmen lawmaker in thirty years to serve as vice chair of a major committee, Revenue and Taxation. Corn later served as chair of the committee on Tourism and Recreation.
In 2002, he was elected to the Oklahoma State Senate at the age of 25, making him the second youngest state senator in the state's history. 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. Serving in the Senate, Corn was tapped as Chair of the Retirement and Insurance Committee and served six years on the State Pension Commission. With these responsibilities, he had oversight over billions of dollars in assets. Corn was also appointed as Chair of the Senate Approriations Subcommitte on Public Safety and Judiciary. Historic investments were made to improve law enforcement pay and benefits as well as infrastructure during his committee leadership.
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