Rick Bennett: podcast appearances and interviews

Rick Bennett is the host of the Gospel Tangents podcast. He is an American businessman and politician from Maine. Bennett has served in the Maine Senate since 2020 and currently affiliates as an independent, having previously been elected as a Republican. He served as President of the Maine Senate from 2001 to 2002. Bennett has run for various political offices, including as the Republican nominee for Maine's 2nd congressional district in 1994, a race he lost to Democrat John Baldacci. He also contested in the 2012 U.S. Senate election but was defeated in the Republican primary by Charlie Summers. Bennett is active in Maine's political landscape and is currently a candidate for Governor of Maine in the 2026 election.