Ka cika wannan magana: Ta gaya wa mahaifinta kada ya tsaya takarar shugaban kasa a shekara ta 2000: "Da ma ba ka tsaya takarar 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 wasu bayyanar jama'a tare, gami da yin jawabi ga
Yarjejeniyar Republican a ranar 31 ga 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".