On 30 January 2019, it was announced that Hernández would run in the
Spanish Socialist Worker's Party's primary election to select the party challenger to become Mayor of Madrid (vis-à-vis the
2019 Madrid City Council election), facing
Manuel de la Rocha and Chema Dávila as rivals. He won the primary election and ran for
mayor of Madrid finishing in an all-time-worst fourth place for a PSOE candidate with just 13.7% of the vote. He is not the only former Spanish men's national basketball team coach in politics.
Javier Imbroda also entered politics, joining
Citizens in
Andalusia. == See also ==