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13 October
5:56 pm

I led a tied senate and we balanced budgets with both parties in the room.

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Rick Bennett, at Maine Governor General Election Debate (WGME)

5:56 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific claim about leading a tied senate and achieving bipartisan balanced budgets — verifiable against Maine legislative records.
What we foundBoth elements of the claim are confirmed: Bennett led a tied (evenly split) Maine Senate in 2001–2002 under a bipartisan power-sharing agreement, and Maine law required balanced budgets to be passed with both parties participating.
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