Claim: Antonio Erias has never run for public office.
Evidence: Erias started his political career in the Spanish People's Party as candidate to mayor of the city of A Coruña in 1999. 
He was elected as a local councilor and became leader of the opposition. 
Soon thereafter he was elected first vice president of the local assembly of A Coruña (province), staying in office until the end of his local mandate in A Coruña in 2003.