Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Paulus ya kasance memba ne na kungiyar siyasa ta mata ta Oregon, kungiyar 'yan majalisa biyu na Oregon a shekarar 1972. Ta kasance mai mahimmanci a cikin kokarin da za a wuce wani gyare-gyare na Daidaitaccen Dama a Oregon a 1973 da 1977. Har ila yau, a 1972, an gayyace ta ta kasance wani ɓangare na Eagleton Institute of Politics 'taron farko game da mata a siyasa. Shekaru goma bayan haka, yayin da yake aiki a matsayin Sakataren Gwamnati, ta kasance babban mai magana a taron Cibiyar na 1982. Paulus ta yi tsokaci a cikin jawabin ta cewa "Mun yi tafiya mai nisa" yana nufin mata a siyasa. A shekarar 1984, mabiyan Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh sun kai marasa gida zuwa Wasco County a kokarin yin tasiri a zaben kananan hukumomi. A matsayin Sakataren Harkokin Waje, Paulus ya ba da shawarar cewa gundumar ta kafa hanyoyin gaggawa don hana waɗannan masu wucewa daga yin rajista don jefa kuri'a, wanda Rajneeshees suka kalubalanci a kotun tarayya. A wannan lokacin Oregon ya ba da izinin 'yan ƙasa su yi rajista don jefa kuri'a a rana ɗaya kamar zaɓe. Sai alƙalin gundumar tarayya Edward Leavy ya yanke hukunci a kan Rajneeshees, ya ƙayyade hanyoyin gaggawa sun dace. Bangaren addinin daga baya ya fuskanci binciken gwamnati game da zamba na shige da fice, da makircin kisan kai da ya gaza, da kuma na farko
harin ta'addanci a Amurka.