Feinland was a third-party candidate (Peace and Freedom Party) for President of the United States in the 1996 U.S. presidential election.
Feinland was selected by the officers of the party to represent it in the election and McClatchy agreed to be the vice-presidential candidate.
In June 1998, she ran for governor but lost the Peace & Freedom party primary to Gloria La Riva.
In September 1998, she ran for the California State Senate against Democratic candidate Don Perata in a special election.
In the 2004 election, Feinland ran for the United States Senate against Barbara Boxer, and received 233,000 votes.