His political career began with the coup on April 26, 1902, against the administration of President Juan Isidro Jimenes, and Bordas then had a position among those selected, Commander of Arms of Mao, and later of Dajabón.

Bordas assumed the role of fighting the rebel forces led with the strongest guerrillas in the region.

Upon the resignation of President Adolfo Nouel, Congress met to choose his replacement, but political divisions prevented it from selecting one of the three proposed candidates: Horacio Vásquez, Juan Isidro Jimenes and Federico Velázquez.

Faced with this situation, Bordas, as a politician independent of the parties, was elected and assumed the provisional presidency in April 1913.

In the midst of a turbulent situation, President Bordas organized and held elections on June 15, 1914, in which he was victorious through fraud, changing votes at the polls, repressing political rallies and imprisoning opponents.