A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he has sat in the Romanian Senate from 2008 to 2015, representing Olt County.

[2] On 17 September 2015, Șova was sent to court together with the former Prime Minister Victor Ponta, for acts of corruption related to the energy complexes at Rovinari and Turceni, causing damages of over 3 million lei to the Romanian state;[3] he was cleared of those charges in May 2018.

On 26 January 2016, Șova was sued by the National Anticorruption Directorate for influence peddling in a case related to the Govora Power Station.

On 20 June 2018, he was sentenced by the High Court of Cassation and Justice to 3 years imprisonment and €100,000 forfeiture for influence peddling in this case.

[5] On 1 March 2023, Șova was definitively sentenced by the High Court to 3 years of suspended prison in the Govora case.