U.S. Senate candidate · U.S. Congress · November 3, 2026
Chris Henry
Qualified candidate in state filings
Pacific Green and Progressive nominee; his filed statement runs on working people, public education and campaign finance reform.
Reach the campaign
As published in their pamphlet statement.
In their words
Said: I support working people, publicly-funded education from pre-K to trade guilds and higher education, strong workplace safety, real campaign finance reform, and protecting the environment and climate.
Voters’ pamphlet
Candidate statement · Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; extracted September 21, 2026
Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 5 ↗Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the state does not verify the claims. Skipped before it: the header fields, including a “Civic Leadership:” list.
The verbatim opening of their voters’ pamphlet statement, the same rule for every candidate. We chose nothing.
What they say they would do
Our summary of their platform, in our wordsHis filed candidate statement calls for ending tax breaks for billionaires, tripling the federal minimum wage, cutting military spending and expanding local wind and solar energy.
- Triple the federal minimum wage and end tax breaks for billionaires and cryptocurrency.
- Cut military spending and close foreign bases.
- Expand local wind and solar energy and create a federal fund for Cascadia earthquake preparedness.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsClosing foreign bases, tripling the minimum wage and public ownership of infrastructure are large federal shifts; the statement names targets and numbers but not the path through Congress or transition costs.
Where they stand
Housing and homelessness
Not foundNot found in the sources we reviewed. That is a research gap, not a position.
Public safety and immigration
Not foundNot found in the sources we reviewed. That is a research gap, not a position.
Taxes, spending and your bills
Triple minimum wage- What
- Said: Would end tax breaks for billionaires and cryptocurrency, tax oil companies' excess profits, stop tariffs and trade deals that override labor rules, triple the $7.25 federal minimum wage, and cut military spending and foreign bases.
- How
- Said: Enforce antitrust laws to lower prices; convert essential infrastructure from giant corporations into democratically accountable public utilities; cut military spending he says takes 50% of discretionary spending.
- Measured by
- Said: A federal minimum wage of about $21.75, three times today's $7.25; no date or revenue figure is given.
Transportation, energy and climate
Local wind and solar- What
- Said: Would increase local wind and solar energy and create a federal “Shaky Day Fund” to prepare for a Cascadia earthquake; names protecting the environment and climate as a priority.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
The choices this office faces
Every candidate in this race is asked the same 8 questions. Chris Henry is on record on 4, with 4 still open. A question without an answer is a research gap, not a position.
No answer we could findFund the $70 billion expansion of ICE and Border Patrol through 2029 (the Secure America Act)?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Pass the Fix Our Forests Act: faster thinning and logging on federal forests with shorter windows to sue?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Expand the federal role in housing, from the new ROAD to Housing law to more vouchers and tax credits?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Should federal policy rein in data centers’ power, water and cost impacts, or keep fast-tracking them?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Keep H.R. 1’s Medicaid work rules, six-month renewals and SNAP cuts, or repeal them?
Said: Would end what he calls amazing tax breaks for billionaires, saying 40% of the latest Trump tax breaks go to the top 1%; he does not address H.R. 1’s Medicaid or SNAP changes.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Restore the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits that expired December 31, 2025?
Said: Backs Medicare for All, noting over 30 million Americans have no insurance; he does not say whether he would restore the expired premium tax credits in the meantime.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
End the tariffs and take tariff power back from the president?
Said: Would stop what he calls ludicrous tariffs and the free-trade deals that let corporations override labor, consumer and environmental protections.
Direct the president to end U.S. military involvement in the war with Iran?
Said: Calls for ending pointless wars and cutting a military he says takes 50% of discretionary spending, and would tax oil companies’ excess profits from the Iran war; he does not address the war-powers resolutions.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
A question the evidence leaves open
Which of these changes would you introduce first in Congress, and how would the lost revenue or spending be replaced?
Sources (4)
- Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filingsElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
- 2026 qualified filing · ProgressiveElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
- 2026 qualified filing · Pacific GreenElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
- Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 5Candidate statement · Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified.