Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi waChikunguru 14, 2009, zvakataurwa nenzvimbo dzinoverengeka kuti Pinkett akabuda semutambi anotungamira kuti ave New Jersey Gavhuna Jon Corzine's sarudzo yemutevedzeri gavhuna musarudzo yeGavhuna ya2009. Mimwe mishumo yakaratidza kuti chiziviso chaizoitwa musi weChina, July 16. Zvisinei, hapana chiziviso chakaitika, uye kutsoropodzwa kwakaonekwa mune vezvenhau uye kubva kune vamwe vatungamiriri vezvematongerwo enyika maererano nesarudzo yaCorzine yekumhanyisa mukwikwidzi asina ruzivo muhofisi yeruzhinji. Gare gare muvhiki, mishumo yenhau yakaratidza kuti kusarudzwa kwaPinkett kwakanga kusingabviri uye kuti vamwe vatambi vepamberi vakanga vabuda, zvichida pamusana pekutsoropodza kwevanhu pfungwa yezvematongerwe enyika itsva semutambi weGavhuna. Musi waJuly 24, Corzine akasarudza State Senator Loretta Weinberg. Muna 2009, Pinkett aiva sachigaro weDemocratic State Committee's Yes We Can 2.0; zita rayo rakavakirwa pamushandirapamwe waBarack Obama
, yakatsvaka kutendeuka vachangobva kunyoresa vavhoti kubva musarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika dza2008 dzesarudzo dzegovernor.