Evardone unsuccessfully ran as representative of Eastern Samar in 1995. He served as the
governor of Eastern Samar from 2004 to 2010. Then, Evardone ran as district representative in 2010 and won, serving as the Congressman of Eastern Samar for three terms. Evardone ran for governor in 2022; he also actively voiced his support for then-vice president
Leni Robredo's
presidential campaign. He got elected as
Governor of Eastern Samar. He was also the longest-serving governor and he was the vice president of
PDP–Laban for the Visayas. He later switched to
Partido Federal ng Pilipinas, the party chaired by President
Bongbong Marcos. In 2024, Evardone withdrew his candidacy for reelection in the
2025 Philippine general election and was replaced by his son,
RV Evardone, who won the election. ==Personal life==