Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te papa o Bennett, ko Ken Bennett, kua uru ki nga kaupapa tōrangapū o te Pāti Manapori i te taumata o te rohe me te motu. I mahi a Ken Bennett mō Barack Obama hei kaitono a te perehitini, hei kaiawhina hoki. I mahi hoki a Ken Bennett ki
Ko te kaupapa perehitini a Obama i te tau 2008, a kua mahi ia hei kaiawhina ki te Koromatua o Chicago Rahm Emanuel me te 2019 Chicago koromatua kaupapa-tiamana mo Toni Preckwinkle. Ahakoa nga hononga o tona whanau ki te Pāti Manapori, kua kiia e Bennett he pooti motuhake, ahakoa he hitori tana tautoko i nga Manapori. I mahi a Bennett ki te kaupapa pooti a Barack Obama ma te waea waea i Hyde Park, Chicago, ana kua korero ia i te Whare Wananga o Chicago Institute of Politics.