Brent Hennrich

Brent Hennrich

Democratic Party

Candidate, U.S. House Washington District 3

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Next election

August 4, 2026

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Portland, Ore.

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Brent Hennrich (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Washington's 3rd Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the primary scheduled on August 4, 2026.^[source]

Biography

Brent Hennrich was born in Portland, Oregon. He attended Louisiana State University. Hennrich’s career experience includes working in project management of the design and construction of cinema multiplexes. Most recently, he was a site supervisor of implementation.

Elections

2026

See also: Washington's 3rd Congressional District election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on August 4, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for U.S. House Washington District 3

Eric Vaughan is running in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 3 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Eric Vaughan (Independent)

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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 3

Incumbent Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez, Antony Barran, John Braun, and Brent Hennrich are running in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 3 on August 4, 2026.

		Candidate
		Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez (D)
	Submit photo	Antony Barran (R)
		John Braun (R)
		Brent Hennrich (D)

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2024

See also: Washington's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024

Washington's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 top-two primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Washington District 3

Incumbent Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez defeated Joe Kent in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 3 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez (D)	51.7	215,177
		Joe Kent (R)	47.9	199,054
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	1,673

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 415,904
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 3

Incumbent Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez and Joe Kent defeated Leslie Lewallen and John Saulie-Rohman in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 3 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez (D)	45.9	97,274
✔		Joe Kent (R)	39.3	83,389
		Leslie Lewallen (R)	12.2	25,868
		John Saulie-Rohman (Independent Party)	2.5	5,406
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	186

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 212,123
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brent Hennrich (D)
• Leslie French (R)
• Davy Ray (D)

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Washington's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Washington District 3

Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez defeated Joe Kent in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 3 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez (D)	50.1	160,314
		Joe Kent (R)	49.3	157,685
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	1,760

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 319,759
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 3

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 3 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez (D)	31.0	68,190
✔		Joe Kent (R)	22.8	50,097
		Jaime Herrera Beutler (R)	22.3	49,001
		Heidi St. John (R)	16.0	35,219
		Vicki Kraft (R)	3.2	7,033
		Davy Ray (D)	2.2	4,870
		Chris Byrd (Independent)	1.7	3,817
		Leslie French (R)	0.5	1,100
	Submit photo	Oliver Black (American Solidarity Party)	0.2	456
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	142

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 219,925
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Christopher Maynard (D)
• Brent Hennrich (D)
• Matthew Overton (R)
• Lucy Lauser (D)
• Chris Jenkins (D)
• Wadi Yakhour (R)

Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

Brent Hennrich completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hennrich's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am a Father of three living children, with one gone too soon. Husband to Amber since January 2009, and resident of WA since 2006. I was raised in the Willamette Valley of the Pacific Northwest and I love where we live. I have worked in the movie theater industry for most of my life. From cleaning soda spills to working up the ladder, to executive team in charge of design and project management of multi million dollar complexes construction.

My family and ones we know have experienced the "Double Trauma" of our current healthcare non system. For this reason I felt morally obligated to step in, and I have declared my candidacy, to help push our country forward towards a Universal Healthcare System.

In my view, everything points back to Healthcare. Education, high quality jobs, the environment, housing, and even defense of our country, all directly affect the health of our people. Here is why our current United States healthcare system is broken: We now spend 18% of our entire GDP (that’s EVERY dollar) on healthcare in the US, and many millions of people in our country live without access to the care they need. Further, those who have access often still have to claim bankruptcy and use Go Fund Me to pay for lifesaving services.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• We need to work towards a Universal Healthcare System
• The Environment is in crisis. We need to do all we can to combat climate change and change its trajectory
• Education is key to having a healthy scociety, and a more healthy scociety will drive healthcare costs down over time.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I am passionate about the need for everyone to have equitable access to healthcare! I feel that "Healthcare" is a lot more than just access to Doctors and Hospitals. We need a healthy society that is able to strive for and live the American Dream. This requires an educated society that will make healthier choices and create a workforce that can tackle the problems of today and tomorrow. We need to do everything we can to save our environment, as the runaway trajectory of climate change is currently creating a whole new life threatening situation.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I look up to my Mother. She is a tireless fighter for everyone to have access to healthcare. Throughout her career, to our dinner table nightly, to being at someones wedding, she was always finding someone who's ear she could bend to push them to join her advocacy. She has lived a life of government work at the county level, and continued into her retirement, never stopping.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Honesty, Integrity, EMPATHY

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

To listen to their constituents, and process those voices. Weigh that with expert information, along with upholding the oath of office, then voting ethically based on not negating any of that.

What legacy would you like to leave?

That I was honest and acted with Integrity. That we pushed healthcare access to more, and removed the pay walls currently in the system. That I was available to my constituents and truly helped lives through this process.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

The one that I vividly remember truly first hand, is the space shuttle Challenger disaster. I remember being in class, and Sr. Janet had brought a TV in for us all to watch the first teacher to go to space. I was 6 at the time

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

I started in the movie theater industry the day after I turned 16 at Lloyd Cinemas in Portland, OR. I worked for ACTIII that then became Regal Cinemas for close to 9 years. I worked my way up from just cleaning up soda spills to highly skilled projection manager over that time.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Chewbacca, he is always trying to do what he can to help, and he gets to fly the Millennium Falcon!

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

I believe prior experience can both be a benefit and a hindrance. We need fresh perspectives that can meld with experienced politicians in DC. All to often candidates run on a platform of I know exactly how to fix this, and it is the way we did it here or there, and so on.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

The largest challenge facing our country is to truly re-unify our population. The extreme fractures among our people are destroying friendships and families. Just in my run for this office, talking about the fact that I believe everyone should have access to healthcare, I have received multiple death threats. We need to heal, and not just stake our corner, but actually converse and find equitable solutions.

If you are not a current representative, are there certain committees that you would want to be a part of?

U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, particularity the Sub Committee on Health. I would also be thrilled to be put on the Committee Education and Labor.

Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

In the current climate I believe it is a bit short. As soon as someone gets elected they are running again.

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Brent Hennrich campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2026*	U.S. House Washington District 3	Candidacy Declared primary	$7,381	$2,004
2024*	U.S. House Washington District 3	Withdrew primary	$498	$1,345
2022	U.S. House Washington District 3	Withdrew primary	$99,292	$96,670
Grand total			$107,171	$100,019
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Washington's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Maria Cantwell (D)

Patty Murray (D)

Representatives

District 1

Suzan DelBene (D)

District 2

Rick Larsen (D)

District 3

Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez (D)

District 4

Dan Newhouse (R)

District 5

Michael Baumgartner (R)

District 6

Emily Randall (D)

District 7

Pramila Jayapal (D)

District 8

Kim Schrier (D)

District 9

D. Adam Smith (D)

District 10

Marilyn Strickland (D)

Democratic Party (10)

Republican Party (2)