Brian Douglas Kerns served as a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 Representative from Indiana

Indiana

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's 7th Congressional District from January 3, 2001 to January 3, 2003.

Kerns was born in Terre Haute, Indiana

Terre Haute, Indiana

Terre Haute is a city and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, near the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a population of 170,943. The city is the county seat of Vigo County and...

. He has both a B.A. and an M.P.A. from Indiana State University

Indiana State University

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. He is the son-in-law of Representative John T. Myers

John T. Myers (Congressman)

John Thomas Myers was a Republican Congressman from Indiana's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1997. His son-in-law, Brian D. Kerns, represented the same district from 2001 to 2003. John T...

. He is married and has five children.

Prior to serving in Congress, Kerns was an administrator at St. Joseph's College, and a television journalist. Kerns also was an aide to Representative Edward A. Pease

Edward A. Pease

Edward Allan Pease was a Republican U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1997 to 2001.Pease was born in Terre Haute, Indiana on May 22, 1951...

 and served as his chief of staff.

Congressional career

In 2000, when Pease retired, Kerns won a 12-way Republican Primary. Kerns went on to win the general election with close to 65% of the vote.

During his term in Congress, Kerns took up many social issues including gun rights and working to ban human cloning. He is also responsible for bringing closure to the Lafayette Railroad Relocation Project. Kerns served on the International Relations

United States House Committee on International Relations

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 and Transportation and Infrastructure

United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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 Committees.

After the 2000 United States Census, Indiana lost a district. A majority of Kern's old district was placed in the newly created . Both Congressmen Steve Buyer and Brian Kerns decided to run in the Republican Primary and Kerns lost to Buyer.

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