 He is National Vice President of DEM and Secretary-General of the party in the state of São Paulo.Rodrigo had a partnership with Gilberto Kassab, but severed ties with the then Mayor, refusing the invitation to join the Social Democratic Party (PSD), party founded by Kassab.On May 2011, Garcia was invited by Governor Geraldo Alckmin to be State Secretary of Economic Development, Science and Technology of São Paulo.