Rick Bennett for Governor

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• Hannah Pingree wears a D on her jersey. Bobby Charles has an R on his. My jersey says Maine. The party candidates answer to their party bosses. I answer to the people of Maine. I've run a business. I led a tied Senate and balanced budgets with both parties in the room. I know what it takes to make government actually function, because I've done it. Maine doesn't need another party loyalist. It needs a governor whose jersey just says Maine. I'm Rick Bennett, and I'd be honored to have your vo

  23 October 2026 · Rick Bennett for Governor · $4–4.5K · 400K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

• I'm the Independent candidate for Governor. I grew up in Yarmouth. My father taught school, and my mother worked retail. Karen and I live in Oxford, where my family goes back 200 years. When I served in public office, I saw what government can do when it works for people. I came back in 2020 and saw how badly it fails when it doesn't. Housing, groceries, energy, health care. Mainers are doing everything right and still falling behind, and young people are wondering whether they can afford to bui

  15 October 2026 · Rick Bennett for Governor · $1.5–2K · 125K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

• Big news, Maine. Bill Cohen, former Maine Congressman, Senator, and U.S. Secretary of Defense has endorsed Rick Bennett for Governor. Bill Cohen has known Rick since Rick worked for him in his U.S. Senate office. Here is what he said: “Even then, early in his career, it was plain to see that Rick was a person of intelligence, independence and integrity who was certain to become a leader in our state.” “Maine has always valued common sense over extremism, independence over blind loyalty, and r

  22 September 2026 · Rick Bennett for Governor · $1–1.5K · 10K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

• Lois Warren and I have known each other more than thirty years. We were neighbors back then - she and her family downstairs, I was upstairs. Then came a time she needed someone in her corner. So I stepped in. That is the Maine way, and the way I will serve you as your Governor. Lois, thank you for trusting me then and for telling that story now. Looking out for the people around you was never a strategy for me. It's a habit. If you're still deciding, I hope her words tell you something abo

  22 October 2026 · Rick Bennett for Governor · $900 – $999 · 70K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

• Tonight I stood on that stage and told Maine the truth. Housing is out of reach. Energy bills keep climbing. Health care costs too much. Child care costs more than college. Wages are not keeping up. None of that is bad luck. It is what happens when the people in charge stop listening to the people who live here. I am running for Governor because Maine deserves a leader who answers to Mainers and to no one else. Not to party bosses. Not to dark money. Not to anyone who profits from things stayi

  2 October 2026 · Rick Bennett for Governor · $900 – $999 · 15K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

• Maine has a choice in this race: more partisan politics, more division, more excuses, or a different path. I am running for Governor as an Independent because I answer only to the people of Maine, not corrupt party bosses. Families are struggling with high costs, child care, housing, energy bills, addiction, and economic uncertainity. Maine needs solutions now. Maine needs leadership now.

  8 July 2026 · Rick Bennett for Governor · $900 – $999 · 60K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library