Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ta yi aiki a kan yakin neman zaben Sanata John Glenn (D-OH) a 1984, kuma a Capitol Hill kafin ta shiga kamfanin da Bob Squier da William Knapp suka kafa a 1993. Ta kasance mai ba da shawara da kuma darektan sadarwa ga Sanata Bill Bradley (D-NJ), kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin babban mai tsara dabarun yakin neman zabensa na shugaban kasa. Dunn ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga Sanata Evan Bayh (D-IN), tsohon Shugaban Majalisar Dattawa Tom Daschle (D-SD) kuma a matsayin darektan sadarwa na yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa na Al Gore a shekarar 2000. A shekara ta 2004, Anita ta samar da kafofin watsa labarai ga Dan Majalisa Lloyd Doggett (D-TX). A shekara ta 2006 ne Sanata Barack Obama ya dauke ta aiki don jagorantar sadarwa da dabarun kwamitin aikin siyasa, The Hopefund. Wannan matakin ya nuna wa mutane da yawa cewa Obama yana shirin tsayawa takarar shugaban kasa. Yayin da take ba da shawara ga Hopefund da Obama a shekara ta 2006, ta taimaka sosai wajen shirye-shiryen ƙaddamar da Obama don Amurka
, kuma ta kawo manyan ma'aikata da yawa ga yakin neman zaben Obama wanda ta yi aiki tare da su a ofisoshin Bayh da Daschle.