Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ta tambayi mahaifinta kada ta yi takarar shugaban kasa a 2000: "Oh, Ina fata kawai ba za ku yi gudu ba. Zai canja rayuwarmu". Mahaifinta ya gaya mata cewa shi da mahaifiyarta suna bukatar su yi rayuwarsu. Amma, a lokacin sanyi na shekara ta 2003, ta yanke shawarar saka hannu a kamfen na shekara ta 2004. Dangane da wannan shawarar, ta yi fitowar kafofin watsa labarai a lokacin bazara na 2004 kafin zaben. Ita da 'yar uwarta sun yi bayyanar jama'a da yawa, gami da yin jawabi a Taron Republican
a ranar 31 ga watan Agusta, 2004. Ta yi kanun labarai lokacin da aka same ta tana nuna harshenta ga masu daukar hoto na kafofin watsa labarai a wani kamfen na tsayawa a St. Louis. Jenna da Barbara sun yi juyawa suna tafiya zuwa jihohin juyawa tare da mahaifinsu kuma sun ba da wata hira mai shafi bakwai da daukar hoto a cikin "Vogue".