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Sorry, but you're misunderstanding her ruling. Her ruling has nothing to do with the office he's running for, it was entirely to do with the office he held. I posted this further down in the thread, but here's the relevant section from her ruling itself:
She is saying that because the president is not included in the list of offices, that it was specifically excluded by the people who wrote the 14th amendment. Therefore, he is not bound by the rules that would have applied if he were, say, a senator or representative. So if he were to run for any other office, senator, congressman, etc, it would be allowed because he never violated his oath. If he were a senator, he would have violated the oath with his actions on and around Jan. 6th, and so therefore he wouldn't be allowed to pursue office.
In my defense, I hadn't read the ruling, I was going off what the article said. However, having now quickly looked over the ruling, she rules both positions.
And then she goes on to rule, as you note, that he did not take an oath to support the COTUS, but also before that
So I guess we were both right, and both wrong. Good talk. I learned something today. Thank you.