Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akashanda pamushandirapamwe weSeneta weU.S. John Glenn (D-OH) muna 1984, uye paCapitol Hill asati ajoina kambani yakavambwa naBob Squier naWilliam Knapp muna 1993. Iye ave ari chipangamazano uye wekutaurirana director kuna Senator Bill Bradley (D-NJ), uye akashanda semukuru wezano rekutsvaga kwake mutungamiri wenyika. Dunn akashandawo semupi wezano kuna Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN), aimbova Mutungamiri weSeneti Majority Tom Daschle (D-SD) uye semutungamiri wezvekutaurirana kweAl Gore mushandirapamwe wemutungamiri wenyika muna 2000. Muna 2004, Anita akagadzira midhiya yeCongressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX). Muna 2006 akapiwa basa naSenator Barack Obama kuti atungamirire kutaurirana uye zano rekomiti yake yezvematongerwo enyika, The Hopefund. Ichi chiito chakaratidzira kuvazhinji kuti Obama akanga achironga kumhanyira kuva purezidhendi. Achiri kupa mazano kuHopefund naObama muna 2006, akabatsira mukugadzirira kuvhurwa kwe
Obama nokuda kweAmerica, uye akaunza vashandi vakawanda vanokosha kumushandirapamwe waObama waakanga ashanda nawo mumahofisi aBayh naDashle.