Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Akanga achishanda mumakwikwi akawanda ezvematongerwe enyika akazotevera, kusanganisira kushanda semutungamiriri wekambani yaBill Clinton muCalifornia muna 1992. Mushure mekunge Clinton asarudzwa, Emerson akashanda semubatsiri kuWhite House, semutevedzeri wemutungamiriri wezvekudyidzana pakati pehurumende kwaakashanda semubatanidzwa kumagavhuna enyika, uye akabatanidza kuedza kwehutongi kuwana mvumo yekongiresi yeUruguay Round yechibvumirano chekutengeserana cheGATT. Emerson ainyanya kuzivikanwa nebasa rake semukuru wemutungamiri wenyika mukubata nenyaya dzeCalifornia, kusanganisira mhedzisiro yekudengenyeka kweNorthridge muna 1994
. Akazoshanda kuCapital Group Companies, kambani yepasi rose yekudyara manejimendi inotungamirwa muLos Angeles, kwaakazova mutungamiri wevatengi vevatengi, achishanda munzvimbo iyoyo kwemakore gumi nematanhatu.