Markwayne Mullin

Markwayne Mullin (born July 26, 1977) is a United States Senator from Oklahoma. He is a businessman and former mixed martial arts fighter with a record of 3-0-0. Markwayne, a Cherokee citizen, was elected as a Republican to the U.S. House of Representative for Oklahoma's 2nd district from 2013 to 2023. 

In February 2022, Markwayne announced his candidacy for the United States Senate in the 2022 special election to replace retiring Senator Jim Inhofe. He won the Republican nomination in the August 2022 run-off primary. He won the general election on November 8, 2022, beating Democrat Kendra Horn.

Markwayne sponsored thirty-three bills in his first 1,001 days as a United States Senator, but not one was passed by the Senate in that time. He claimed in September 2025 that someone was not being honest to Congress about how she had lost her job, and later said he was mistaken about a recording of her meeting with Secretary Kennedy. In an official meeting in November 2023, Markwayne challenged a union boss from Massachusetts to a fight.

In January 2025, Markwayne mentioned something from the Gospel of Matthew in a meeting about Pete Hegseth, while making a point about potential hypocrisy. He called Josh Gottheimer, a person in Congress from the Democratic Party, a very good friend when they were on a TV show together. 

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Category:American mixed martial artists