In 2014, he ran for Governor of Rio de Janeiro for the Workers' Party (PT),[6] when he placed 4th, with 10% of the valid votes.

He was named after his father, a tribute to the grandfather of the American aviator Charles Lindbergh, who was the first man to cross the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.

[8] At 21, Farias was elect Secretary-General of the National Union of Students and moved to São Paulo.

[5] In 1992, Lindbergh Fariais was elect president of UNE, marking the beginning of his political career.

In that year, he met the unionist and metalworker Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.