× Herrera Beutler works hard to spread facts about Jan. 6, says her decision was personal not political By Barry Holtzclaw, The Daily News Published: January 17, 2021, 1:22pm Share: Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, speaks as the House debates the objection to confirm the Electoral College vote from Pennsylvania, at the U.S. Capitol early Thursday. (House Television via AP) Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler’s Jan. 13 vote to impeach President Trump, one of just 10 Republicans in the House to take that historic step, stunned her mostly conservative Southwest Washington constituents and immediately vaulted her into the national spotlight. For Herrera Beutler, a 42-year-old mother of three beginning her sixth term, the decision was not political but rather an intensely personal defining moment.