John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty, the leader of the local chapter of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), eventually named him the chapter's new political director, a position from which Henon lobbied various levels of government on legislative issues pertaining to the electrical industry.

He also served as Chairman of the local’s Political Action Committee, as board member of the Electrical Mechanical Association, and as a delegate to the IBEW International Convention.

[3][4] In 2011, he was elected to Philadelphia City Council's Sixth District, succeeding the retiring incumbent Democrat Joan Krajewski.

In January 2019, a federal grand jury indicted Henon along with other members of the IBEW Local 98, including its business manager John Dougherty, for embezzlement and theft in a corruption probe by federal officials.

[7] He reported to prison at Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix the following month.