A Representative from Oklahoma. Born in Belton, Cass County, Mo. , December 4, 1961. Graduated from Dover High School, Dover, Ark. , 1980. B. S. Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, Ark. , 1986. M. B. A. , University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark. , 1999. Aerospace engineer. Computer programmer. Real estate broker. Farmer. Entrepreneur. Appointed to the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress by the Governor of Oklahoma under the provisions of Oklahoma Statute, Section 26-12-101 (B) to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Jim Bridenstine, and elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Sixteenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (November 13, 2018-present).