President Trump has selected Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to replace Kristi Noem as secretary of Homeland Security.
Mullin, 48, was elected to the Senate in 2022 to serve out the remainder of the late Sen. Jim Inhofe’s term and was up for re-election to a full six-year term later this year.
He previously represented the Sooner State in the House of Representatives for a decade.
A married father of six children, three of whom are adopted, Mullin is also a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and is the only current senator to not hold at least a bachelor’s degree.
Mullin’s background includes a brief successful career as a mixed martial arts fighter (record: 3-0) as well as the owner of a family plumbing company.
In 2023, Mullin went viral for challenging Teamsters President Sean O’Brien to a fight during a Senate hearing after the two had sparred on social media.
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