Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bettencourt kuma ɗan gwagwarmayar siyasa ne mai ra'ayin mazan jiya, kuma mai sharhi na talabijin. Shi ne tsohon mai ba da kuɗi na Jam'iyyar Republican Texas kuma mataimakin shugaban da kuma mai ba da kuɗi na ƙungiyar jam'iyyar Harris County. Ya kasance wakili a 2000,
2004, da kuma 2008 Republican National Yarjejeniyar. Ya kasance dan takarar shugaban kasa ga Mitt Romney a shekarar 2012.