Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Bettencourt bụkwa onye na-akwado ndọrọndọrọ ọchịchị na-achọghị mgbanwe, na onye na-ekwu okwu na telivishọn. Ọ bụ onye bụbu onye na-echekwa ego nke Texas Republican Party na osote onye isi oche na onye na-echekwa ego nke nzukọ pati Harris County. Ọ bụ onye nnọchiteanya na 2000,
N'afọ 2004, na 2008 Republican National Convention. Ọ bụ onye ntuli aka maka Mitt Romney n'afọ 2012.