Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 14 ga Yuli, 2009, wasu kafofin sun ba da rahoton cewa Pinkett ya fito a matsayin jagora don zama zaɓaɓɓen Gwamnan New Jersey Jon Corzine don mataimakin gwamna a zaben Gwamna na 2009. Wasu rahotanni sun nuna cewa za a yi sanarwa a ranar Alhamis, 16 ga Yuli. Koyaya, babu sanarwar da aka yi, kuma suka bayyana a cikin kafofin watsa labarai da kuma daga wasu shugabannin siyasa game da yiwuwar zaɓin Corzine na abokin takara ba tare da ƙwarewa a cikin ofishin jama'a ba. Daga baya a cikin makon, rahotannin labarai sun nuna cewa zabin Pinkett ba shi da tabbas kuma wasu 'yan takara sun fito, aƙalla a wani ɓangare saboda sukar jama'a game da ra'ayin sabon siyasa a matsayin mataimakin Gwamna. A ranar 24 ga Yuli, Corzine ya zaɓi Sanata Loretta Weinberg. A shekara ta 2009, Pinkett ita ce shugaban kwamitin dimokiradiyya na Jiha Ee Za Mu Iya 2.0; sunansa ya dogara ne akan taken yakin neman zaben Barack Obama
, ta nemi fito da sabbin masu jefa kuri'a daga zaben shugaban kasa na 2008 don zaben gwamna.