She defeated one-term DFL incumbent Shannon Savick,[1] criticizing Savic and Democrats for raising taxes.

[4] During the 2016 Republican Presidential Primary, Bennett joined two dozen state lawmakers in endorsing Florida Senator Marco Rubio.

[7] She opposed efforts to provide free meals to all school children, regardless of family income, calling it a "shotgun approach".

[8][9] She supported a bill that would speed up the licensing process for substitute teachers in response to workforce shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing that DFL proposals didn't go far enough.

[19] Bennett led House Republican opposition of the Mayo Clinic for its vaccine mandate policy for employees, calling for a halt in state funding for health care facilities that fire employees "due to unrealistic vaccine mandate policies".