Early politics
Hendrix has worked on political campaigns,including state legislative campaigns,former Congressman Ron Paul’s 2012 presidential campaign and then-Congressman Kevin Cramer’s successful 2018 campaign for one of North Dakota’s US Senate seats. [7] [8]
Ballot measures
In 2022,Hendrix led an initiated measure to amend the North Dakota state constitution to apply term limits on the governor and state legislature. In an op-ed in the Minot Daily News,Hendrix argued,“In this era of political division and polarization,term limits are an issue that brings Americans together... Since 8-year term limits are good enough for the leader of the free world,they ought to be good enough for state leaders too.” [9] Some signatures gathered for the measure were initially rejected by North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger. [10] Hendrix filed suit to defend the measure. The case was eventually decided by the North Dakota State Supreme Court,which unanimously concluded that “…the Secretary of State misapplied the law”and ordered Jaeger to place the measure on the ballot. [11] The measure was approved by 63.43% of voters. [12] [13]
In 2024,Hendrix led another ballot effort to apply an age limit of 80 years for members of North Dakota's congressional delegation. In an article in the New York Times,Hendrix claimed,“Most people think it’s common sense that politicians should retire at some point.” [14] The measure was also successfully approved by voters with over 60% of the vote. [15] [16] During the 68th legislative session,legislation was introduced to alter the term limits just passed the previous November election by voters. [17] Hendrix testified against the bill,calling it “unconstitutional”and saying a potential lawsuit defending it would be a "frivolous expenditure of state funds." [18]
North Dakota House of Representatives
On April 4th,2024,Hendrix announced he would be seeking one of the two State House seats in District 10 as a Republican,facing both incumbents running for reelection in the same district. [4] [19] His candidacy was endorsed by former presidential candidate Ron Paul and US Senator Kevin Cramer. [20] [21] Hendrix won one of the two available seats in the election. He placed second out of three candidates,beating Democratic-NPL incumbent Hamida Dakane [22] ,despite Kamala Harris narrowly defeating Donald Trump in the same district. [23]
During the 69th North Dakota Legislative assembly,Hendrix was the prime sponsor of 14 bills or resolutions. [24] He introduced legislation to reinforce federal healthcare price transparency rules, [25] [26] which was opposed by the North Dakota Hospital Association. [27] The bill passed the House 89-1 but was narrowly defeated in the Senate by 1 vote. [28] Hendrix's other bills included legislation to require age verification for viewing adult content online. [29]
Hendrix helped create legislation which sought to establish a large North Dakota cottage foods industry,which has aimed to provid economic opportunity for rural and urban food producers to sell homemade products safely. [30] [31] [32]
In the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk,Hendrix organized a memorial event titled ‘Faith Over Fear’ [33] on September 14th,2025,which featured Senator John Hoeven and Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak. [34]
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