 Ferraro had relinquished her House seat to run for the vice @-@ presidency . Her new @-@ found fame led to an appearance in a Diet Pepsi commercial in 1985 . She published Ferraro : My Story , an account of the campaign with some of her life leading up to it , in November 1985 . It was a best seller and earned her $ 1 million . She also earned over $ 300 @,@ 000 by giving speeches . She founded the Americans Concerned for Tomorrow political action committee , which focused on getting ten women candidates elected in the 1986 Congressional elections ( eight of whom would be successful ) . Despite the one @-@ sided national loss in 1984 , Ferraro was still viewed as someone with a bright political future . Many expected her to run in the 1986 United States Senate election in New York against first @-@ term Republican incumbent Al D 'Amato , and during 1985 she did Upstate New York groundwork towards that end . A Senate candidacy had been her original plan for her career , before she was named to Mondale 's ticket . But in December 1985 , she said she would not run , due to an ongoing U.S. Justice Department probe on her and her husband 's finances stemming from the 1984 campaign revelations . 
