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Kerns was born in Terre Haute, Indiana.
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Brian Douglas Kerns
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Career
He has both a Bachelor of Arts and an Master of Public Administration from Indiana State University. Prior to serving in Congress, Kerns was an administrator at Saint Joseph"s College, and a television journalist. Kerns also was an aide to Representative Edward A. Pease and served as his chief of staff
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 and Transportation and Infrastructure Committees.
During his time in congress, Kerns never missed a single vote. After the 2000 United States Census, Indiana lost a district.
A majority of Kerns" old district was placed in the newly created 4th district, but Kerns" home in Terre Haute was placed in the 8th.
Rather than face 8th District Congressman John Hostettler in a primary on Hostettler"s home turf, Kerns moved to Hendricks County to face Congressman Steve Buyer, part of whose district had been folded into the 4th. Brian Kerns lost the primary to Buyer.
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