 On 20 June 2019, Luxon announced that he was resigning as CEO of Air New Zealand and hinted at a possible career with the National Party.Luxon contested the National Party's candidate nomination in Botany, running against National Party list candidate Agnes Loheni, local board chair Katrina Bungard, cancer drug campaigner Troy Elliott, and tech businessman Jake Bezzant who was later selected as National’s candidate for Upper Harbour.On 4 November 2019, Luxon was nominated as the National Party's Botany candidate for the 2020 general election.