Kammala wannan jumla: Tun lokacin da ya bar majalisa, Darden ya yi aiki a matsayin wakili ga Jam'iyyar Democrat National Conventions a 1996, 2000 da kuma
A shekara ta 2004. A shekara ta 2000, Shugaba Clinton ya sanar da nadin Darden don zama memba na Kwamitin Daraktoci na Kamfanin Kasuwancin Kasuwanci na Kasashen waje (OPIC). Darden ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin shugaban Hukumar Nadin Shari'a a cikin gwamnatin Gwamnan Georgia Roy Barnes daga 1999 zuwa 2003.