In 2009 Adams stood for election to the South African National Assembly as the 131st candidate on the ANC's national-to-national list.
[2] Adams was then selected to serve on the Standing Committee on Finance for the Fourth Parliament (2009 – 2014).
However, Zizi Kodwa resigned from the National Assembly and the ANC chose Adams to take up his seat.
[3] She was named to the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests at a later stage.
Her name was not on the ANC's lists for the 2019 general election and she left the National Assembly on 7 May 2019, the official date of the dissolution of the parliamentary term.