Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bettencourt ariwo murwiri wezvematongerwe enyika anochengetedza, uye mutsinhiri weterevhizheni. Iye aimbova muchengeti weTexas Republican Party uye mutevedzeri wasachigaro uye muchengeti wesangano rebato reHarris County. Akanga ari mumiriri we2000, 2004
, uye 2008 Republican National Conventions. Akanga ari musarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika yaMitt Romney muna 2012.