Kerr jokes about voter fraud with lookalike after midterm win.

Warriors head coach Steve Kerr joked about engaging in some light voter fraud with his viral doppelgänger — a Las Vegas English teacher who looks so much like him that even Kerr was fooled.

The joke came during a media session on Wednesday, the day after Democrats swept the 2026 midterms and took full control of Congress.

Kerr first brought up his lookalike during an appearance on Inside the NBA.

“We had a great interaction,” Kerr told the crew.

“We’ve been making on a text chain, and we’ve been making jokes about going to the polls together, getting accused of voting twice, voter fraud.”

Kerr laughed as he said it, adding that they “look exactly alike,” even if he finds it a bit “frightening.”

His doppelgänger is an English teacher in Las Vegas, Nevada — not the Warriors’ coach.

Videos have gone viral of Kerr looking confused while spotting the man in the crowd at Oracle Arena.

The joke was light, but it landed in a politically charged moment.

Hours earlier, Democrats had been projected to win both the House and the Senate, flipping the 53-47 Republican Senate majority and the 219-214 Republican House majority.

Kerr then pivoted to another joke — this one aimed at President Donald Trump.

“What, no questions on the election? I’m surprised,” Kerr said during his media availability on Wednesday, according to the California Post’s Evan Webeck.

“I’m disappointed, because I was looking forward to that $5,000 check that we were all gonna get.”

He added that he had already spent it and would now “have to figure something out.”

The $5,000 check refers to a specific Trump campaign promise.

In the days before the election, Trump ran an ad promising every American adult a $5,000 check if Republicans kept control of Congress.

He first announced the proposal in September at the GOP’s midterm convention in Dallas.

He repeated it in his last speech before Election Day, saying the payment would go to every adult citizen if Republicans held the House and Senate.

The condition was not met.

Even before the results were in, Fox News host Jesse Watters said on air, “I don’t think we’re going to get our $5,000 checks.”

Kerr’s line therefore echoed a joke already circulating across the political spectrum.

Kerr is a longtime Trump critic.

He has spoken out repeatedly on issues from gun safety to elections.

In 2024, he endorsed Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention, saying he knew speaking out about politics “comes with risks.”

The reaction to his political comments is rarely one-sided.

After his remarks following the 2024 election, some critics responded with fury on social media, with one person writing that Kerr “should be ashamed of himself.”

Supporters see an NBA coach who uses a platform to say what he believes.

Critics argue that sports figures should stay out of politics.

That divide shaped the discussion of Wednesday’s remark as well.

The joke was also light by Kerr’s standards.

He did not name Trump in the quote.

He did not discuss specific policies.

He did not endorse a party.

It touched on a campaign promise that had already become a punchline across both sides of the aisle.

Kerr’s doppelgänger story, meanwhile, has a separate life online.

The two men have now linked up and share a text chain.

Kerr said they’ve been sending each other jokes about the resemblance.

The English teacher’s identity has not been publicly revealed beyond his profession and city.

On the court, the Warriors are in second place in the Pacific Division at 5-3.

After starting the year 0-3, they have won five games in a row.

Their next test will be when they host the Miami Heat on Thursday, Nov. 5.

Stephen Curry has turned back the clock this year.

He is third in the league in points per game, averaging 30 a game, and is making almost 43% of his shots from downtown.

Kerr played in the NBA for several years, most notably with the Chicago Bulls from 1993 to 1998.

During that run, he won four championships.

He later won a title with the San Antonio Spurs in 2003, his final year in the league.