In 1988, at 23 years old, he was elected to the Municipal Chamber of Cuiabá as a member of the PFL.

[4] In 2000, he ran to become mayor of Cuiabá, with Odete Trechand as his vice-mayoral pick.

In January 2005, he became the Municipal Secretary of Transit and Urban Transport under mayor Wilson Santos.

[4] He returned to the Legislative Assembly of Mato Grosso in 2010, elected as member of the Liberal Party (PR) with more than 20,000 votes.

[5] As a member of the PMDB, he ran again to become the mayor of Cuiabá in 2016 and advanced to the second round against the aforementioned Wilson Santos (PSDB).