Goodluck Jonathan and electoral reforms as focuses of his administration. He stated that he came to office under "very sad and unusual circumstances". On 18 May 2010, the National Assembly approved Jonathan's nomination of former Kaduna State governor, Namadi Sambo, for the position of Vice-President. On 15 September 2010, Jonathan announced on Facebook that he had decided to run for public office on his own for the first time, in the race for the presidency of Nigeria in 2011. In the contest for the Peoples Democratic Party nomination, Goodluck Jonathan was up against the former vice-president Atiku Abubakar and Mrs. Sarah Jubril.
Forrest Goodluck it to production, but did allow him to network with future casting directors. Goodluck auditioned for the part of Hawk in the 2015 film "The Revenant" when he was 15 years old. "The Revenant" was his first feature film role. In February, 2016, he was cast to appear in a pilot for the Hulu drama, "Citizen" as Guero, a “wiry graduate of the streets who serves as the charismatic and bipolar leader of a group called ‘Baby Narcos.'” In November 2016, it was announced Goodluck would star opposite Chloë Grace Moretz and Sasha Lane in "The Miseducation of Cameron Post".