[2][3] After the November 1986 election, Black control of the City Council was solidified after the addition of Paul Richards.
On December 2, 1986, the council deadlocked 2–2 on appointing Hennings successor, the result of the absence of councilmember John Byork who had pneumonia.
[7] She supported the development of the Genesys Project, a military-style school exclusively for young Black men in the city.
[9] In 1991, Henning was defeated in a bitter campaign for a seat on the City Council by school principal Louis Byrd leaving Wells and Richards without effective majority control of the City Council (Byrd, although Black, was allied with Latino councilman Armando Rea leaving white councilman Heine as the swing vote).
[8] In 1992, she unsuccessfully ran for the 52nd district in the California Assembly finishing third in the Democratic primary with 24.8% of the vote to Willard Murray (with 45.4%) and Compton councilwoman Patricia Moore (with 29.8%).