Brett Werner works as a Retail Food Safety Officer with the South Carolina Department of Agriculture. 

Brett Werner's campaign for Hendersonville city council member is his first time running for public office.

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Aims to support seniors through property tax relief and reopened community hubs.

Supports establishing a designated "social district" in 7th Avenue to support small businesses, ease downtown congestion, and "breathe new economic life into a historic district."

- Aims to support seniors through property tax relief and reopened community hubs.
- Supports establishing a designated "social district" in 7th Avenue to support small businesses, ease downtown congestion, and "breathe new economic life into a historic district."

Economy

Wants to collaborate with county and state partners on public schools and developing strategies to support the unhoused.

- Wants to collaborate with county and state partners on public schools and developing strategies to support the unhoused.

Public Services

Prioritizes a dedicated workforce, local housing, and "sensible growth that protects vulnerable floodplains."

Supports shifting away from approving "the wrong types of residential builds."

- Prioritizes a dedicated workforce, local housing, and "sensible growth that protects vulnerable floodplains."
- Supports shifting away from approving "the wrong types of residential builds."

Housing & Urban Development

As of January 5, 2026, Brett Werner’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Public Safety

Supports open dialogue and "bridging the representation gap between [retirees] and young families," aiming to provide neighbors with timely, fact-based information before voting occurs.

Wants to strengthen roads, water systems, and sewer systems to protect against extreme weather.

- Supports open dialogue and "bridging the representation gap between [retirees] and young families," aiming to provide neighbors with timely, fact-based information before voting occurs.
- Wants to strengthen roads, water systems, and sewer systems to protect against extreme weather.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Energy & the Environment

Brett Werner

As of January 5, 2026, Brett Werner did not have a website or any information online.

Brett Werner is from Brooklyn, New York. Brett has a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York Brockport, a master's degree in teaching from the State University of New York Binghamton, and a law degree from the University of Dayton School of Law. He is married and has two children. 

Brett praciticed law in insurance defense litigation and in plaintiff personal injury cases.

Supports affordable, comprehensive healthcare.

Supports lowering out-of-pocket costs by addressing prescription drug pricing, insurance premium hikes, and surprise medical billing.

- Supports affordable, comprehensive healthcare.
- Supports lowering out-of-pocket costs by addressing prescription drug pricing, insurance premium hikes, and surprise medical billing.
- Prioritizes lowering middle-class taxes.

Believes taxpayer dollars should strengthen neighborhood schools.

Supports fully funding public education and opposes expanding school voucher programs, programs that allow parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools.

Supports increasing teacher and school staff pay.

Believes zoning and land-use decisions should be local.

- Believes taxpayer dollars should strengthen neighborhood schools.
- Supports fully funding public education and opposes expanding school voucher programs, programs that allow parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools.
- Supports increasing teacher and school staff pay.
- Believes zoning and land-use decisions should be local.

Wants to address housing affordability and encourage responsible development that includes workforce housing.

- Wants to address housing affordability and encourage responsible development that includes workforce housing.

Supports universal background checks, red flag laws, and safe storage requirements for guns.

- Supports universal background checks, red flag laws, and safe storage requirements for guns.

Prioritizes protecting trees, wetlands, and natural buffers.

Said, "Clean, safe water is not optional. It's essential for public health, tourism, fishing, and the coastal economy."

- Prioritizes protecting trees, wetlands, and natural buffers.
- Said, "Clean, safe water is not optional. It's essential for public health, tourism, fishing, and the coastal economy."

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Gina Baxter

Jeff Groh

Melinda P. Lowrance

- City council members work together to set and implement city policy. 
- The city council is tasked with ensuring the health, comfort, and safety of residents of the city.
- City council members work with the mayor to govern city departments, such as the police department, fire department, transportation department, and parks and recreation department. 
- City council members represent either the whole city or residents of a specific district. 