Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Baba vaBennett, Ken Bennett, vakabatanidzwa mune zvematongerwe enyika zveDemocratic Party pamwero womunharaunda uye wenyika. Ken Bennett akashanda naBarack Obama somunhu akagadzwa napurezidhendi uye somubetseri. Ken Bennett akashandawo pamushandirapamwe waObama wokutsvaga mutungamiri wenyika
muna 2008, uye akashanda semubatsiri kuna Meya weChicago Rahm Emanuel uye sa2019 Chicago meya mushandirapamwe sachigaro weToni Preckwinkle. Pasinei nezvisungo zvemhuri yake kuDemocratic Party, Bennett akazviti iye munhu akazvimirira, kunyange zvazvo ane nhoroondo yokutsigira maDemocrats. Bennett akazvipira neBarack Obama reelection mushandirapamwe kuburikidza nefoni kubhengi muHyde Park, Chicago uye akapa hurukuro paYunivhesiti yeChicago Institute of Politics.