[1] For one year after leaving Solidaridad, Joaquín González became the secretary of tourism for Quintana Roo.

In the 2009 mid-terms, Joaquín González won election to the 61st session of Congress as a federal deputy representing the third district of Quintana Roo, which includes Cancún.

[6] One of his exploratory pre-campaign events was shut down by local and state officials for not notifying civil protection authorities.

[7] Two days later, Joaquín González accepted the invitation of the PAN-PRD coalition to become the alliance's candidate for the gubernatorial elections, registering as a member of the latter party.

[8][9] In the gubernatorial elections held on June 5, 2016, Joaquín González and the PAN-PRD alliance defeated Mauricio Góngora, the PRI candidate, by ten percentage points.