Brad Wenstrup

Wenstrup is married to Monica Wenstrup (Klein), who works as a financial consultant. They have one son, Brad Jr. He and his wife adopted a daughter in 2019.

Wenstrup is a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve and an Iraq War veteran. After the shooting of Congressman Steve Scalise on the morning of June 14, 2017, Wenstrup attended to the wounded congressman until he was transported to MedStar Washington Hospital Center. For his actions during the 2017 shooting, he was awarded the Soldier's Medal.

Wenstrup defeated Democratic nominee William R. Smith, 59%–41%.

Wenstrup won re-election to a second term by defeating Democratic nominee Marek Tyszkiewicz 66%–34%.

Wenstrup won re-election to a third term, defeating Democratic candidates William Smith and Janet Everhard (write in) 65%–32.82%–2.17%.

Wenstrup began his first term on January 3, 2013. During his first year in office he held an open town hall meeting in each of the 8 counties in his congressional district, the last of which was in Adams County on July 29, 2013.

Wenstrup ran for mayor of Cincinnati against incumbent Mark Mallory in the November 2009 election. Mallory defeated Wenstrup by a 54%-to-46% margin.

Wenstrup joined the U.S. Army Reserve in 1998, attaining the rank of colonel in March 2017. In 2005-06, he served a tour in Iraq as a combat surgeon with the 344th Combat Support Hospital. He called his deployment "the worst thing that ever happened to me and the best thing I ever got to do." Wenstrup was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Combat Action Badge.

In 1976, Wenstrup graduated from St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati. In 1980, he graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Cincinnati, where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He then attended the Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, where he earned an B.S. in Biology and a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree, graduating in 1985. He practiced podiatric medicine in Cincinnati for more than 24 years, before being elected to Congress.

Brad Robert Wenstrup (born June 17, 1958) is an American politician, U.S. Army Reserve officer, and Doctor of Podiatric Medicine, who has been the U.S. Representative for Ohio's 2nd congressional district since 2013. A Republican, he upset incumbent U.S. Representative Jean Schmidt to win the 2012 Republican primary election.

Wenstrup ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in the newly redrawn Ohio's 2nd congressional district, held by incumbent Republican U.S. Congresswoman Jean Schmidt. He was endorsed by the Anderson Tea Party and the Ohio Liberty Council, a coalition of Ohio Tea Party groups. In a surprise, he defeated Schmidt in the March Republican primary by 49%-to-43%. She carried six counties (all located in eastern part of the CD), while Wenstrup won the two most populous counties (both located in the western part of CD): Hamilton County (59%) and Clermont County (50%).