Jaime Lynn Herrera Beutler (/həˈrɛrə ˈbʌtlər/ hə-RERR-ə BUT-lər;[1] born November 3, 1978) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Washington's 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2023.

Herrera Beutler was one of ten Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump after the January 6 United States Capitol attack.

[13] Herrera was elected as Assistant Floor Leader, the youngest member of her party's leadership in the State House.

[14] During her time in the House, Herrera also opposed Senate Bill 5967, which mandated equal treatment of the sexes in community athletic programs run by cities, school districts, and private leagues.

[20] During the campaign, she received support from state Republican leaders Cathy McMorris Rodgers and former U.S. senator Slade Gorton.

[10] In October, Herrera was named one of Time Magazine's 40 under 40: "The Washington Republican survived a Tea Party challenge to win the GOP primary in the Evergreen State's 3rd Congressional District.

Now Herrera, a 31-year-old Latina and former congressional staffer, has successfully recast herself as the outsider as she takes on a longtime Democratic pol in November.

[31] In the general election, Herrera Beutler defeated Long with 53% percent of the vote, the closest race since her first campaign.

[34] Kent supports claims that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent and has said that Trump bears no responsibility for the storming of the Capitol.

[35] In the nonpartisan blanket primary, Herrera Beutler failed to advance to the general election, losing to Kent and Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez.

She blamed him for inciting the storming and upbraided him for continuing to push lawmakers to object to certifying the results of the presidential election rather than "doing anything meaningful to stop the attack".

[3] In response to backlash from Republicans in her district over her vote, Herrera Beutler made several Twitter posts on January 15 expanding on her reasoning, citing "indisputable and publicly available facts" that proved Trump had engaged in impeachable conduct.

"[49] She told a CNN reporter that the quote showed that "either [Trump] didn't care, which is impeachable, because you cannot allow an attack on your soil, or he wanted it to happen and was OK with it, which makes me so angry.

[51] During the 117th United States Congress, which began in 2021, Herrera Beutler has voted with her party 90% of the time, ranking her the 35th most bipartisan member of the House.

The award is given once a year to a member of Congress who works to improve the country's ability to prevent and combat major bio-security threats to national security.

[60] In April 2011, Herrera Beutler voted for Paul Ryan's budget, which would have lowered taxes for the highest earners from 35% to 25% and made Medicare a voucher system.

[61] In December 2019, Herrera Beutler voted against impeaching President Trump, saying that there was inadequate proof that he engaged in obstruction of justice and abuse of power.

[62][63] In 2021, she voted in favor of Trump's second impeachment in the wake of the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol, which she blamed him for inciting.

[64][65] On May 19, 2021, Herrera Beutler was one of 35 Republicans who joined all Democrats in voting to approve legislation to establish the January 6 commission meant to investigate the storming of the U.S.

[66] In 2012, during a debate, Herrera Beutler stated that she favored repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or ACA, generally known as Obamacare, which had become law two years previously, in 2010).

[67] Five years later, however, in March 2017, Herrera Beutler indicated that she would vote against the American Health Care Act, a Republican replacement for Obamacare, because of its adverse effects on children who depend on Medicaid.

[69] Herrera Beutler voted for the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 which authorizes DHS to nearly double the available H-2B visas for the remainder of FY 2020.

[citation needed] In June 2021, Herrera Beutler was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the AUMF against Iraq.

[80][81] After leaving Congress in January 2023, Herrera Beutler was hired by the Children's Hospital Association (CHA) as a strategic adviser.

In June 2013, she announced that her unborn child had been diagnosed with Potter's Syndrome, an often fatal condition in which abnormally low amniotic fluid caused by impaired kidney function inhibits normal lung development.

A stranger who read the news suggested that she try an experimental treatment: saline injections into her uterus that would enable the baby to develop without kidneys.